[cisco-voip] Unity 4.x Upgrade to 5

[Jonathan Charles]

Well, it is the only version I have consistently run into problems
with... I also decided, prophylactically, to upgrade any 4.0 version
to 4.2 before upgrading to 5/7...


Jonathan

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Pat Hayes<pat-cv at wcyv.com> wrote:
> I can't argue with your experiences, but it is intended to work. I
> kicked off a quick 7.0 upgrade on a lab 4.1(1) server (well, as quick
> as an upgrade can be), and it ran clean. So, at the very least, it
> isn't -totally- broken :-)
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Jonathan Charles<jonvoip at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have done between 40 and 100 Unity upgrades of varying versions,
>> with probably 20 to 30 being 4.x to 5/7.x
>>
>> I have run into two 4.1 to 5/7 and both failed using the standard
>> upgrade method.
>>
>> A TAC case was opened in each case, and in each case different TAC
>> engineers could not figure out hy it did not work and forced me to use
>> COBRAS.
>>
>> The next 4.1, I am going straight to COBRAS
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Voice Noob<voicenoob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Did you read and follow the upgrade procedures? What would you have done
>>> before COBRAS?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan Charles
>>> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:30 PM
>>> To: Pat Hayes
>>> Cc: Cisco Voip
>>> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Unity 4.x Upgrade to 5
>>>
>>> I have done two and both times TAC said I had to use COBRAS after the
>>> regular upgrade process failed (repeatedly)...
>>>
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Pat Hayes<pat-cv at wcyv.com> wrote:
>>>> Unity 4.1(1) is upgradable to, among other things, 7.0(2). What gave
>>>> you the impression it wasn't?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Jonathan Charles<jonvoip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Actually, if you are upgrading from 4.1 to 5/7 you need to use
>>>>> COBRAS... apparently 4.1 is not upgradable... thanks Cisco!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Pat Hayes<pat-cv at wcyv.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Unity 4.x -> 5.0 is just a regular in-place upgrade, check the upgrade
>>>>>> guide. No need to run a DiRT restore or COBRAS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Samuel Womack<womacksamuel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> What is the way to go about this these days...Noticed wording on
>>>>>>> ciscounitytools that DirT isn't the thing to use for this....COBRAS is
>>> the
>>>>>>> official supported way to do this?
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