[cisco-voip] About DMA // Upgrade from 4.1 to 6.1

[Voice Noob]

If it is risk vs. reward I think I will make my own decision about that. I
am asking if I run the DMA process does it cause any changes to the call
manager? I need to dump out this information and load it to a vmware server
to see if the upgrade is going to go well.

Also back to my other question can I take this DMA file and restore it to a
VMware server to see if the upgrade process will have any errors? Thanks.

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Dennis Heim <Dennis.Heim at cdw.com> wrote:

>  I tell my clients this when they want to do production changes outside of
> MAC work or other minor trival changes…. Ask yourself "Do you like your
> job?"
>
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> If the answer is "yes" then you may not want to run DMA during the day.
> Running DMA is pretty CPU intensive… you are writing out the entire SQL
> database into flat files.
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> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *Voice Noob
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:19 PM
> *To:* Adam
> *Cc:* cisco-voip
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] About DMA // Upgrade from 4.1 to 6.1
>
>
>
> THanks alot for the help. Does anyone know or has anyone tried to use the
> DMA tool and restore the information to a VMware server just to test the
> upgrade? I will not have access to the hardware before I go onsite for these
> customers but can get the DMA file transferred to myself. Also can I run
> this in the middle of the day? Will it stop the publisher from functioning?
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Adam <cisco at adman.net> wrote:
>
> Best piece of advice I can offier is to allow plenty of time to run the DMA
> tool and resolve any error or warnings before your planned cutover time.
> I've had upgrades with no warnings and errors, then I've had upgrades that
> had two days worth of TAC cases to get it all resolved before we got a good
> DMA tar file.
>
> On the Unity upgrades make sure that your Unity server is talking to the
> nearest DC/GC (see the reconfiguration guide for details -
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/5x/upgrade/guide/ex/5xcuruge060.html).
> I had one  upgrade where it had attached to a server across the WAN so the
> AD synch part that should have been a twenty or thirty minute deal ended up
> taking five hours... not something you want to hit cancel on in the middle,
> but it did mean we blew through our maintenance window.
>
> -Adam
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Voice Noob <voicenoob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Speaking of upgrades, does anyone have any good resources or tips? I have
> about 10 upgrades from 4.1 to 6.1 and Unity 4.0 to Unity 5.0/7.0 in the next
> 6 months. I have my first one next week. Any info that could be provided I
> would appreciate.
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM, omar parihuana <omar.parihuana at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>   Thanks James for your prompt response...
>
>
>
> We're going to use a new MCS server this new server have 2GB RAM and 72GB
> HDD. However the current server only have 18GB and unfortunately the unit C
> only have 2.5GB of free space. Still I don't try to run DMA but I don't know
> if the 4GB is strictly necessary.
>
>
>
> Rgds.
>
>
>
> On 7/6/08, *James Buchanan* <jbuchanan at ctiusa.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> What is the total capacity of the hard drive? 36GB? 72GB? 6.1 requires
> 72GB.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> James
>
>
>
> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *omar parihuana
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:25 PM
> *To:* cisco-voip
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] About DMA // Upgrade from 4.1 to 6.1
>
>
>
> Hi list,
>
>
>
> I have to migrate a CCM from 4.1 to 6.1 unfortunately the disk C: space is
> not enough, in accordance to DMA requeriments 4GB is necessary, so after of
> delete CDR and others files, I have 2.5GB of free space in unit C: in D only
> 200Mbps. Then my question is: is it strictly necessary 4GB in unit C in
> order to run DMA? or 2.5GB will be enough, because I'm thinking export the
> .tar file in other unit (maybe network unit) What other things can I delete
> into CCM in order to get more space?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
>
>
> Rgds.
>
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