LOL. Problem is, if you have a large deployment, even something as small as 50 users, coming up with unique names is problematic. For those of us deploying in bulk, using the AD user-id is perfect, you can concatenate in Excel quickly to generate the device names (CSFjsnow, TCTJSNOW, BOTJSNOW, TABJSNOW).
On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 1:07 PM Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > > Interesting. I must have simply read it incorrectly. I don’t think I would > have picked any other formatting in retrospect. > > > > What are others using? > > > > Other than Anthony, who’s focused on fruits for some reason. > > > > I’d like to be AVOCADO. > > > > --- > > *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst > > Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph > > Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | > N1G 2W1 > > 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 | le...@uoguelph.ca > > > > www.uoguelph.ca/ccs | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook > > > > [image: University of Guelph Cornerstone with Improve Life tagline] > > > > *From:* Charles Goldsmith <w...@woka.us> > *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2019 1:47 PM > *To:* Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> > *Cc:* Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-v...@gmail.com>; cisco-voip voyp > list <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net> > *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Bulk Admin and Jabber > > > > It just has to be unique, the association comes from the End User device > association as well as the Owner User ID. Anthony has it correct. > > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 12:41 PM Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > Ok. Hold on. Are you sure? I did mean userID. As a Cisco requirement. Not > company standard. > > > > I’m almost 100% positive I read in the deployment guide it needs to be the > userID. And it was the Jabber deployment guide. Which, of course, I didn’t > save. 😉 > > > > When asking about it, I was told, it was really the only way you could get > a Jabber device to associate with a user after logon. How else would you? > > > > I mean, there’s nothing else I think I’d really want to use, but, > honestly, I believe(d) it’s a requirement. > > > > Lelio > > > > > > --- > > *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst > > Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph > > Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | > N1G 2W1 > > 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 | le...@uoguelph.ca > > > > www.uoguelph.ca/ccs | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook > > > > [image: University of Guelph Cornerstone with Improve Life tagline] > > > > *From:* Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-v...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2019 12:40 PM > *To:* Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> > *Cc:* Brian Meade <bmead...@vt.edu>; cisco-voip voyp list < > cisco-voip@puck.nether.net> > *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Bulk Admin and Jabber > > > > "... when we know the device name for the softphones needs to be the > userID" > > > > Just to be clear, it does not. That was an old CUPC requirement, and the > new requirements are as follows: > > > > CSF = could be whatever you want, e.g., banana (unless you have QM call > recording, then it needs to be all caps CSFSOMETHING for QM) > > TCT = must be all caps TCTSOMETHING > > BOT = must be all caps BOTSOMETHING > > TAB = must be all caps TABSOMETHING > > > > None of them however, need the User ID in the name. Could be TCTBANANA > for example. > > > > Maybe that's not what you meant. Maybe you meant, for your company's > standard build, but I thought I'd address that, since other people might > have read that it needed to be that way. > > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:25 AM Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > This looks like an interesting option. I’ll have to see how much effort it > takes to get the templates set up in order for us to use this. > > > > I didn’t like the fact that it’s asking me to fill in the device name, > when we know the device name for the softphones needs to be the userID. So > this is a step that could lead to errors and extra effort. > > > > I know this sounds like _*I*_ don’t want to do this stuff, but when > you’re preparing instructions for a group of people with varying skill > sets, the less work required the better. > > > > At least we have some options. > > > > > > > > --- > > *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst > > Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph > > Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | > N1G 2W1 > > 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 | le...@uoguelph.ca > > > > www.uoguelph.ca/ccs | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook > > > > [image: University of Guelph Cornerstone with Improve Life tagline] > > > > *From:* Brian Meade <bmead...@vt.edu> > *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2019 11:02 AM > *To:* Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> > *Cc:* Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-v...@gmail.com>; cisco-voip voyp > list <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net> > *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Bulk Admin and Jabber > > > > Have you tried using the Quick/User Phone Add? That works pretty well. > Just assign device/line templates to user profiles and adding a > CSF/TCT/RDP/Deskphone/TAB/BOT device for a user takes all of a minute at > most. > > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 10:42 AM Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > I guess it’s a combo of built-in tools and tools people are familiar with. > > > > I like the idea, but again, adding extra steps like that might not work. > Now, that being said, I wonder if I can modify the order in which the > columns are presented to the import tool? If they allow headers, that > should be ok, right? > > > > I might be stuck with looking for green columns for the first round. ☹ > > > > --- > > *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst > > Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph > > Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | > N1G 2W1 > > 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 | le...@uoguelph.ca > > > > www.uoguelph.ca/ccs | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook > > > > [image: University of Guelph Cornerstone with Improve Life tagline] > > > > *From:* Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-v...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2019 10:31 AM > *To:* Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> > *Cc:* cisco-voip voyp list <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net> > *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Bulk Admin and Jabber > > > > "...I need to use the built-in tools..." > > > > So, Excel + BAT is built-in, and Python + AXL is not? > > > > I kid, I kid. I get that there's a common familiarity with Excel and not > one with Python. > > > > I have a recommendation when working with BAT import files in Excel. > Insert a few input columns to the left of the actual data, and then drive > your entire spreadsheet with formulas. This will save you from having to > constantly scroll left and right look for cells you need to fill in. You > will have to exclude them when you export/save as csv. However, keeping > the input columns together on the left should make this very easy. You can > duplicate the sheet and delete them, you can have two different files: XLSX > and CSV, you can copy and paste into Notepad++ and CTRL+H replace tabs (\t) > with commas (,). There's a few options there. Anyway, I find it much > nicer to input the data this way. I hope it helps you too. > > > > Do this: > > > > [image: image.png] > > > > Not this: > > > > [image: image.png] > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 7:24 PM Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > > > We really need to start to minimize the amount of custom scripts / > programming that we use, not increase it. > > > > It’s a bit of a long story. > > > > So I need to use the built-in tools. > > > > :( > > > > We might just stick with super copy if bulk admin doesn’t work out. > > > > Lelio > > *-sent from mobile device-* > > > > *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst > > Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph > > Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | > N1G 2W1 > > 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 <519-824-4120;56354> | le...@uoguelph.ca > > > > www.uoguelph.ca/ccs | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook > > > > > On Sep 12, 2019, at 7:48 PM, Anthony Holloway < > avholloway+cisco-v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why not roll your own build tool in Python? You can ask questions here, > as lots of us have Python and AXL experience, and then more people get to > benefit from the collaboration. > > > > Just think how cool it would be to build your very own Jarvis: > > > > <image.png> > > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 5:22 PM Lelio Fulgenzi <le...@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > > > > It’s been a while since I’ve used Bulk Admin Tool. > > > > Wondering how it might help with our Jabber deployment. > > > > I’m thinking, since our requests will come in one at a time, the best > approach would be to create a BAT file that has a line for each device > type. We’ve decided to load all types so users can switch devices out/in as > they wish. > > > > Can you bulk load _without_ using a template? > > > > What have others done with respect to Jabber bulk loads? > > > > Lelio > > *-sent from mobile device-* > > > > *Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.* | Senior Analyst > > Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph > > Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | > N1G 2W1 > > 519-824-4120 Ext. 56354 <519-824-4120;56354> | le...@uoguelph.ca > > > > www.uoguelph.ca/ccs | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook > > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-voip mailing list > cisco-voip@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-voip mailing list > cisco-voip@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-voip mailing list > cisco-voip@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip > >
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