Guys,

It took me3 days to completely understand the installation process of Cisco unity 4.0(5).

I am glade that finally I made it working without anyone helping me. The CCIE voice online forums/groups are useless and most of them are dead as a DEAD SEA in Israel
Cisco documentation is totally vague and adds more confusion.

I thought this might help someone who would be in the same shoes as I was.

PS: the notes made when I was doing troubleshooting and installation.

Unity installation notes:
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Time: IT took 9-10 hours (From the scratch )

Hardware requirement: P4 / 1 gig ram minimum. RAM is crucial thing.

1. Install the vanilla version of win2k ( on my Dual Xeon/4gig ram, it took 23 minutes)
2. After Win2K installation,  make sure DTS service is enabled ( in services<controlpannel)
3. Install Win2K active directory
type dcpromo command on command prompt and make your server as  a PDC.
after reboot check if it shows primary server using “Net accounts command” in dos prompt.

Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde
4. FQDNS – unity.cisco.com>next>domain netbios name? type unity1
also install DNS server – say yes to the bloody microsoft popup box.
( I hate it).

5. Fix your server’s DNS prefix (tcpip-advance-dns option)
i set it to cisco.com

6. pop in ms exchange 2000 cd now. Its a must without it unity can not function
I wasted 3 days on this thought that unity will work
make sure exchange 200 installs without any error (must)

7. Take a snapshot of this if youa re using ESX server
8. restart the server after loading exchange server 2000

9. Now pop-in the unity service pack cd into cdrom. Run the CUSPA file.
it will guide you further, it includes upgrade to internet explorere to 6.x and install the all service packs required.

10. Install the Exchange 2000 Post-Service Pack 3 Rollup. (from unity update cd)
11. Install microsoft exchange 2000 roll over patch (from unity update cd)
(make sure DTC services in services.msc is still started, if not started start it before you run service pack 3)
above all excercise will take approx 2-3 hours

12.  Now time to popin the monster cd in (cisco unity cd#1)
click on install.vbs in the cd directory.
oh, the poor pizza boy is in the door, so just have to answer him first….
WHEN I WILL BE BACk, i should see “select your language” …yah…hungry now
no… nothing happens.. bcoz I forget to install the CA.
so install the ssl certificates….. go to control pannel > add/remove> certificates

13. now popin the cd again….oh god, the Pizza is getting cold.
tell you honestly I am sick of changing the cd’s all the time. It’s frakin annoying….
anyhow, i have to get on with it….
now cd is in
running….
oops, returns with the error “Create and set permissions for Windows accounts”
so i have to do what this Mr. billy gates says………..

14.  Run the Cisco Unity Permissions Wizard to set permissions for the accounts.
just click on the link given in the popup windows.

oops……….now another windows popup’d
Run the Cisco Unity Permissions Wizard to set permissions for the accounts.
Fuck it………I am really going to through it out of windows………………..
pizza is also getting cold…………………

ok, i have to do what it’s suggesting me..so where the hell is the unity permission wizard….go back to the RTFM.

so set the schema first
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_unity/unity40/inst/inst405/5ve2knf/ig_018.htm#wp1800832
frakin it took 10 minute to google on internet to find out this option.

here are the steps:
To Extend the Active Directory Schema for Cisco Unity

Step 1 Confirm that all domain controllers are on line. (The Active Directory schema extensions replicate only when all domain controllers are on line.)

Step 2 On the computer that has the schema master role (typically the first DC/GC in the forest), log on to Windows as a user who is a member of the Schema Admins group.

Step 3 On Cisco Unity DVD 1 or CD 1, browse to the directory ADSchemaSetup, and double-click ADSchemaSetup.exe.

Step 4 In the Active Directory Schema Setup dialog box, check the Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 Directory Monitor check box.

Step 5 If you plan to use VPIM Networking or Cisco Unity Bridge Networking, check the applicable check boxes.

Step 6 Click OK.

Step 7 When the schema extension has finished, Ldif.log and Ldif.err files are saved to the desktop. View the contents of the files to confirm that the extension completed successfully.
you should see script run successful….message…hurry now we should back to intsalling the permission wizard (step 14)

15. so repeat the step 14, I was able to run the wizard successful, easy…next..next and when it ask you about any accounts
just select “administrator”.
don’t waste your time, just do next…next….next and finish….

16. now run the real cisco unity program (the screen with 7 setups steps)….n-joy from now……..all trouble is gone…
now it started at 4:17pm lets see when it ask me 2nd cd….must be run for 4-5 hrs…boring….
let me get on my pizza now….

oh just woke up and saw that it’s asking for 2nd DVD of Unity…………after 20 minutes it asked for first disk of unity.
well i had to pop-in the first one to copy with this silly billy gates………

17. Finannly unity showd me the prompt “setup finished, would u like to reboot” i just said “YES”

18. Let me arrange the license file now…..

19. keep going next to other section insatllation…it’s smooth now…
when it comes to ask you to import existing aD users, I created 3 users — unity1/unity2/unity3
alternately you can import using ldif file.
20. Go throught the password harrdning ……… i put pushk@rCisco/pushk@rCisco
21. Finally run UTIM and connect to call manager. hurry…………………you shoudl see the unity button in tray turned to green

22. Integrate it to ccm.

Finished about 9pm, started at 4:15 ( means it took bloody 5 hours. 15 minutes)…
Enjoy…………thats all

Pushkar Bhatkoti
CCIE voice #21569

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