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Backup support

The backup mechanisms and tools vary from vendor to vendor. This page details which systems UCentric supports auditing via backup for along with the supported backup formats and methods for each

Alcatel/Lucent OmniPCX

The standard tab format from an Alcatel OmniPCX appears as follows:-

Asterisk/FreePBX (and derivatives)

First of all, obtain a backup through the web portal for the Asterisk/FreePBX by selecting the top menu, then click “Admin” and select “Backup & Restore”

Select “Add Backup”

Under “Add Backup” Give the backup a name and a description.

Under “Storage” click the drop-down menu and select the file storage location you can access (create one if none are shown)

Click “Submit” in the lower right corner of the page. Doing so will return you to the “Backup & Restore” page.

Running the backup

On the “Backup” tab of the “Backup & Restore” page click the “play” icon under the “Actions” heading.

You will be presented with a scrolling log of the backup in real time. Depending on the size and complexity of your PBX this may take some time.

When your backup is complete, a blue banner stating “Your backup has finished” will briefly appear. If you happen to miss this banner look for a line stating “Finished saving to selected filestore locations” in the log.

Select “Close” on the log display

Downloading the Backup

On the “Backup & Restore” page select the “Restore” tab and click the “Download” icon in the “Actions” field of the “Restore from local cache” block.

Cisco (& Broadworks)

CUCM

The Cisco CUCM decoder utilises the “BATS backup” capability of the CUCM. To obtain and import a BATS backup, follow these steps.

Login to the Cisco Unified Administration

Login into the “Cisco Unified CM Administration” portal from a Web Browser, note: Firefox is recommended for older Cisco CUCM’s due to HTML compatibility issues on other browsers.

Creating the backup

Select the “Export” function from “Bulk Administration” in the top menu

Enter a suitable name for the backup and press “Submit”

You should see the following message appear in the status panel

Check Scheduler

Go to the Scheduler to ensure that the backup job in progress

If the job says “Hold”, activate it by ticking the checkbox and clicking on “Activate Selected”

If the job appears to get stuck on “Pending”, us the “Cisco Unified Serviceability” interface and ensure that the AXL, BPS and TAPS services are all activated (Note: this requires Admin access)

When completed, the status will change

Downloading the backup

Select “Upload/Download” files in the “Bulk Administration” menu.

Enter the prefix you entered in 2.2 and click on “Find”

Select the backup and click on “Download Selected”

Finally, save the file on your local system to use as an import to UCentric Voice Audit.

Cisco backups performed from the standard web portal for the Cisco CUCM. This generates a .tar file.

CUCM CDR Data

If you want to capture actual usage of the CUCM, you can also capture the CDR data at the same time and UCentric will process this when combined with a BATS backup.

Login to the Cisco Unified Serviceability

Login into the “Cisco Unified Serviceability” portal from a Web Browser, note: Firefox is recommended for older Cisco CUCM’s due to HTML compatibility issues on other browsers.

Then select “CDR Analysis and Reporting” from the “Tools” menu.

This will open a new window, select “Export CDR/CMR” from the “CDR” menu

Select the date range (ideally more than 3 months) and click “Export to File”

This will then display the following:-

Right-click and save both files then click on “Close”

Cisco CME (Call Manager Express)

For call manager express you can use the CME GUI and select “Administration -> Save Router Config”

BroadWorks (Broadsoft)

Cisco Broadworks can be audited via two methods, these are:

• Using a tool called EMU if the customer has access which can then produce a (Broadsoft) JSON backup.

• A direct connection to BroadSoft using the OCI-P protocol. This relies on the customer providing the URL to the XSP server and a group admin and password for each account that requires auditing.

Avaya

Avaya CM/Aura

Avaya CM/Aura can be audited via an applet provided by MIT, please get in contact if you wish to use this method.

Avaya - IP Office

Perform a backup as described here: https://pbxbook.com/ipoffice/iposcimp.html

Login to IP Office Manager 
Click on File ➤ Import/Export ➤ Export...

Select the Check Box for All of the configuration, and click OK.

Avaya BCM

The Notel/Avaya BCM audit can be imported from either an Excel config file that looks like this:-

Microsoft Teams, Lync/Skype for Business

At present this is a semi-automated task that requires domain-admin privileges.

Please contact support@mit-tech.co.uk for more details.

Mitel

MiCollab / MiCC / MiVoice Connect

Backups are achieved through importing standard ‘backups’ downloaded through the MiVoice Connect, MiCollab and MiCC application web portals.

Mitel 3300 / Legacy MiVB

Backups are achieved through manually exporting the following forms manually, and exporting them from the Mitel Application portal to a CSV file (one for each section) – then zipping them up into a single file for processing

Then import the file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

Audit.exe Live MiVB2 -S 123 -d 127.0.0.1 -f “relative\path\to\myfile.zip”

Unify (& Siemens)

Siemens/Unify HiPath/HiCom

Siemens/Unify HiPath’s can be audited from what is called a “Regen” or “LastLoad” file. Both are .txt files and look something like this:-

Then import the file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

Audit.exe Live HiPath -S 123 -d 127.0.0.1 -f “relative\path\to\myfile.txt”

Unify OpenScape OSV

OSV can be imported from a ZIP file that contains .cfg and .csv files for the OSV configuration. It needs at a minimum:-

uc_users.csv UC Users

mediatrix.csv Mediatrix Servers

????_bgl_????.txt Main location devices

DLS-export.csv SIP + Keys

mlhg_??????.csv Hunt groups

export_all.txt Main configuration file

In addition the .cfg files for each gateway will enable UCentric to accurately audit the entire solution.

Then import the zip file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

Audit.exe Live OSV -S 123 -d 127.0.0.1 -f “relative\path\to\myfile.zip”

OpenScape Business (OSBiz)

OSBiz can be imported from a standard OSBiz XML input/export file.

It should appear in this form:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<osbiz>
    <general>
        <xml_file_version>1.0</xml_file_version>
        <system_type>OSBiz S</system_type>
        <system_mode>UC Suite</system_mode>
        <system_in_network>false</system_in_network>
    </general>

    <basic>
        <gateway>
            <customer_name>Test In House</customer_name>
            <contract_number/>
            <system_name>Test</system_name>
            <gateway_location/>
            <contact_address/>
            <system_country>United Kingdom</system_country>
            <brand>OpenScape Business</brand>
            <international_prefix>00</international_prefix>
            <national_prefix>0</national_prefix>
            <country_code>44</country_code>
            <local_area_code/>
            <pabx_number/>
            <node_id>0</node_id>
            <continuous_tone>true</continuous_tone>
        </gateway>

NEC NEAX

NEC NEAX systems can be imported from a Standard XLSX backup that has the following tabs:-

You can import the XLSX file into UCentric from within the site manager, Zero-Touch SPA or using the following command line:

NEC/Philips Sopho/IS3000

IS3000/Sopho systems can be audited via a backup import with some additional pre-import steps. The backup file supported is usually a rar file that contains .POM files.

A .POM file viewer app must be used to carry out the steps below before importing the file into UCentric.

1. Extract the “.POM” files from an archive into their own folder.

2. Open the LLxxxx.POM file in the POM view program

3. Click “File”, “Report” and select “Full Report”, “Report in XML” and “all in one file (is3000.xml)”

NOTE: The iS3000.xml file will be created in the XML subdirectory of wherever your POM file is located.

Once you have the XML file, you can use the UCentric Zero Touch (SPA) interface or standard web interface to add a new site/import the file like any other audit.