http://www.johnbenson.net/How_to_Convert_a_SIM_to_a_MicroSIM_with_a_Meat_Cleaver/How_to_Convert_a_SIM_to_a_MicroSIM_with_a_Meat_Cleaver.html

More more – shall we say ingenious – have a look at one of my fave sites

http://thereifixedit.com/

I actually used an existing working VM that had been built on VMware.  I will test building one from scratch on VirtualBox but not 100% sure it will work….

Anyhooo…

1) Get the existing VMDK and copy it to your Virtual Box machine repository
2) Create a new VM using a Linux, Redhat, 1024MB RAM etc machine and set the disk as the VMDK
3) Modify the machine – I removed the sound card
4) Locate the machines XML config file.   The directory is set in VirtualBox’es config.  Edit it and add the following:

Add the following lines to it in the "<ExtraData> </ExtraData>" section:

<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVersion" value="6 "/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemVendor" value="VMware"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" value="Phoenix Technologies LTD"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct" value="VMware Virtual Platform"/> 

(That bits from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1029144)

5) Next follow the guide here http://www.blindhog.net/how-to-get-root-access-on-call-manager-56-server/ to get root access.  Make sure you use the CentOS Disk 1 rather than the Live Disk…….grrrrr

6) Edit the /usr/local/bin/base_scripts/hardware_check.sh script to look like this:

We essentially comment out the hardware check and validation

function check_deployment()
{
    local tmp_deployment

    initProductLibrary
    tmp_deployment="$deployment"

    # Check the deployment
#    isHardwareValidForDeployment $tmp_deployment
#    rc=$?
#   if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
#         log info "$tmp_deployment deployment Not Supported"
#         return 1
#    fi
    # Deployment is supported by this hardware
    log info "$tmp_deployment deployment Is Supported"
    return 0
}

 7) Save it and reboot

The VM should come up and work !

Cloning machines is pretty the same as all OS’s, with one slight twist…..

1) Copy the VDI file you want to clone/backup.

2) This file won’t boot because it has the same UUID as the first file you copied, so need to use VBoxManage utility to give it a new random UUID.

3) Open command prompt, and change to your Vbox directory with VBoxMange.exe in it. Probably located at C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox\

4) Run this command in command prompt
VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid “D:\My Virtual Machines\VDI\HardDiskName.vdi”

Obviously you would change the above path to point to your NEW VDI file that you created (not the original).

This uses code from the IPCC Wallboard package to access UCCX’s Historical database, and allows for queue information to be displayed on a Cisco IP Phone.

The formattings nasty as the IP Phone does not operate as a standard browser so theres lots of spaces and stuff to get things positioned right.

Ill post some information about how to get it working as a service in CUCM later…

<%On Error Resume Next

//**************************************************************************************//
//   Service:      Phone Wallboard Display                            //
//   AUTHOR:      Kevin Iddles, Yawns.com Limited                        //
//   PURPOSE:     Display UCCX Queue information on IP Phone - Exposed as a service    //
//   VERSION:     1.1                                    //
//**************************************************************************************//

//**************************************************************************************//
//   History:
//        1.1 - Updated to parse query strings from CUCM to allow for spaces
//        1.0 - Updated for use on customer sites including layout
//              0.1 - Based on original version from Cisco Netpro
//**************************************************************************************//

%>
<!--#include file="parameters.asp"-->
<%
Response.AddHeader "Refresh", RefreshTime

//********************************START SQL MODULE**************************************//

//**************************************************************************************//
//   Module:      SQL Database Connector                                                    //
//   AUTHOR:      Jeremy Fielder, Leo Mourits                                                //
//   PURPOSE:     Performs Database Connections and retrieves relavent recordSets.        //
//**************************************************************************************//

If IPCCversion = 3 Then
 WBConnect = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source = " & DBsource & "; Initial Catalog = " & DBdatabase & "; User Id = " & DBuserID & "; Password = " & DBpass
ElseIf IPCCversion = 4 Then
 WBConnect = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source = " & DBsource & "\CRSSQL; Initial Catalog = db_cra; Integrated Security=SSPI;"
End If

Set cn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
 cn.open WBConnect

needor = "0"

If Request.QueryString("csqa") = "" Then
 sqlcsqa = ""
Else
 tmpcsqa = Request.QueryString("csqa")
 tmpcsqa = Replace(tmpcsqa, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqa = " (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqa & "%')"
 needor = "1"
End if

If Request.QueryString("csqb") = "" Then
 sqlcsqb = ""
Else
 If needor = "0" Then
 tmpcsqb = Request.QueryString("csqb")
 tmpcsqb = Replace(tmpcsqb, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqb = " (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqb & "%')"
 needor = "1"
 Else
 tmpcsqb = Request.QueryString("csqb")
 tmpcsqb = Replace(tmpcsqb, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqb = " OR (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqb & "%')"
 End if
End if

If Request.QueryString("csqc") = "" Then
 sqlcsqc = ""
Else
 If needor = "0" Then
 tmpcsqc = Request.QueryString("csqc")
 tmpcsqc = Replace(tmpcsqc, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqc = " (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqc & "%')"
 needor = "1"
 Else
 tmpcsqc = Request.QueryString("csqc")
 tmpcsqc = Replace(tmpcsqc, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqc = " OR (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqc & "%')"
 End if
End if

If Request.QueryString("csqd") = "" Then
 sqlcsqd = ""
Else
 If needor = "0" Then
 tmpcsqd = Request.QueryString("csqd")
 tmpcsqd = Replace(tmpcsqd, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqd = " (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqd & "%')"
 needor = "1"
 Else
 tmpcsqd = Request.QueryString("csqd")
 tmpcsqd = Replace(tmpcsqd, "%20", " ")
 sqlcsqd = " OR (CSQName Like '%" & tmpcsqd & "%')"
 End if
End if

If sqlcsqa = "" and sqlcsqb = "" and sqlcsqc = "" and sqlcsqd = "" Then
 sqlcsqa = " callsWaiting > '0'"
End if

sqlGetCSQstats = "SELECT CSQName, availableAgents, callsWaiting, convOldestContact FROM RtCSQsSummary WHERE " & sqlcsqa & sqlcsqb & sqlcsqc & sqlcsqd & " ORDER BY CSQName"

Set rs = server.createobject("adodb.recordset")
Set cm = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
 cm.ActiveConnection = cn
 cm.commandtext = sqlGetCSQstats
Set rs = cm.execute

Response.Write deptName %>
|   Queue            |AA|CW| L Wait |
-------------------------------------------------
<% While not rs.eof %>|
<%= rs("CSQName") %> | <%= rs("availableAgents") %>  | <%= rs("callsWaiting") %>  |<%= rs("convOldestContact")%><%
 rs.moveNext
 wEnd
 rs.close
%>

As this sites only used for blogs (no media, forums etc) there did not seem much point in continuing running the site on CS.  In addition, for some reason they have decided to remove support for running multiple ‘virtual’ CS sites within the same database.  Also I have issues with the stability, updates etc.  Hence moving this to WordPress.

Lets see how it goes……

The Beta, then RC and now the RTM code is very, very solid.  Amazingly fast and a dream to use.   Owning a Mac as well, there are some compelling reasons why I still think its the premier desktop OS.

One annoyance though is being able to ‘pin’ applications to the tray.  Depite all your efforts, some will not do it.  Instead follow this procedure how to do it.  Its a frig, but one that works !

http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/folder-to-taskbar.html?lang=EN 

Make the database current then run

SHRINKFILE(‘Foo_LOG’,1) 

 

BACKUP

 

LOG Foo WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY  

 

DBCC

 

SHRINKFILE(‘Foo_LOG’,1) 

 

go

 

 

 You may see this error:

Reason:  SharePoint does not allow server side code to execute in aspx pages contained in the SharePoint site.

Fix:  Edit the web.config (I.E. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\web.config) file: