Ryan, your bug search tool game is weak  ;)

https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuh84795

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Ryan Huff <[email protected]> wrote:

> Matt,
>
>
> There have been cases (CWMS as you note), where lowercase is specifically
> required. I think UCCX may have some hostname casing stipulations as well.
> Couldn't find anything relevant in the BugKit (not to say it isn't there).
>
>
> That said, your recollection may be from advice/reading that was an
> extension of pragmatic behavior of Linux system operators. Those who start
> to work with Linux initially think that two different scancodes to
> represent the same ASCII character is neat trick but after some time, they
> are wittled down by the Penguin and adopt standard practice for character
> representation; lowercase generally wins because it usually means the same
> in every OS.
>
> When it comes to Linux, and by extension Cisco UCOS, I just adopt the
> "lowercase-single-word-no-funny-characters" mantra.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> = Ryan =
>
>
>
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> ------------------------------
> *From:* cisco-voip <[email protected]> on behalf of
> Randall Saborio <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:06 AM
> *To:* Matthew Collins
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] UPPERCASE lowercase host names
>
> Hi Matthew,
>
> I think you could be referring to a restriction that was pre CM 4.x. But
> from CM 5.x I think it just matters to make it consistent. Where I think it
> could be a problem is if let's say you have a system with hostname in
> uppercase and proper DRF backup. Then due to system failure, you need a DRF
> restore but during install you use the hostname in lowercase, then I think
> you will have problems.
>
> Regards,
>
> Randall "da ill" Saborio
> CCIE Voice Wannabe #10054675811
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:48 AM, Matthew Collins <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m sure I read somewhere on a Cisco Doc that all UC hostname should be
>> set up using lowercase name. But I can’t seem to find anything documented
>> with the exception of CWMS documents.
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone clarify this and hopefully point me to a relevant document.
>>
>>
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