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

[Adam]

I normally run the DMA tool during production without any issues. DMA runs
on the publisher, which should not really be doing a whole lot of anything
in a properly deployed cluster anyway. Except for the oldest servers I
haven't had a CPU overload issue. In regards to running the DMA restore in
VMWare for testing I have done this on a couple of occassions without any
problems.

-Adam

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Voice Noob <voicenoob at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Omar E.P.T
>>>>> -----------------
>>>>> Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Omar E.P.T
>>>> -----------------
>>>> Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections!
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