[cisco-voip] callmanager license migration from 4.x to 6.x
Jonathan Charles
jonvoip at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 16:31:38 EST 2008
Then, here's what you do to make life easy
Use the DMA tool and upgrade CCM to 6
Then, get the license.
Then blow the CCM6 box away and build it from scratch
use the license you just got.
Jonathan
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Linsemier, Matthew
<MLinsemier at apcapital.com> wrote:
> We will be doing something similar as the original poster here within
> the next month. We are installing a brand new cluster specifically
> because we don't want to upgrade. At Networkers Live in 2006, the Cisco
> personnel in the CallManager 5.x/6.x licensing breakout session stated
> that you can get licenses generated by providing them with the original
> Cisco Sales Order number.
>
> On a side note, someone does need to take this back to Cisco to make
> this process easier. In our case we have almost 5 years of moves, adds,
> changes, office closures, multiple upgrades of the database (from
> versions 3.x to 4.x), old configurations lingering around, etc. I don't
> want this stuff imported into a fresh clean UCM 6.0 cluster. We want a
> virgin start which is why we are planning to install from scratch. I
> imagine we are not alone.
>
> Matt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Charles
>
>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:34 PM
> To: Frazee, Timothy
> Cc: Cisco Voip List
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] callmanager license migration from 4.x to 6.x
>
> No.
>
> There are only two methods of getting data from CCM 4 to CCM 6
>
> METHOD 1: DMA and then a clean rebuild of CCM6 referencing the DMA file.
>
> METHOD 2: BAT, export the info from CCM 4, reimport into CCM6
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Frazee, Timothy
> <Timothy_Frazee at adp.com> wrote:
> > Can you do the upgrade on the 4.x box to 6.x, to get all of your
> > licenses upgraded and such, then do a backup/restore from the
> upgraded
> > 4to6 box to a newly installed 6 server?
> >
> > A lot of work I know.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> > Charles
> >
> >
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:08 AM
> > To: Aman Chugh
> > Cc: Cisco Voip List
> > Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] callmanager license migration from 4.x to
> 6.x
> >
> > Do the windows upgrade.
> >
> > Seriously, you only have two other options...
> >
> > Option 1: Buy licenses for everything.
> >
> > Options 2: Convince Cisco to give you one.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Aman Chugh <aman.chugh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Thanks all for replying. I am not doing a backup and restore , I
> have
> > two
> > > different clusters one 4.x cluster and one 6.x cluster , We are not
> > using
> > > the backup of 4.x on 6.x, I build a new 6.x system and did a new
> > install on
> > > it, Now we are taking down the 4.x system and want to migrate all
> > phones on
> > > it to 6.x. How do I get this file as I am not doing a windows
> upgrade
> > for
> > > 6.x. I extracted the tar file which DMA generates , i could not
> find
> > any
> > > license xml fle.Hope I am clear.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Aman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/6/08, James Buchanan <jbuchanan at ctiusa.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > FYI...it fails because the first one or two lines of the XML are
> > > > actually not XML. Omit those lines in the copy, and all should be
> > well.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > > > [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> > > > Charles
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:07 AM
> > > > To: Justin Steinberg
> > > > Cc: Cisco Voip List
> > > > Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] callmanager license migration from 4.x
> to
> > 6.x
> > > >
> > > > Just a quick note...
> > > >
> > > > The last four times I have done this, it has failed and said,
> > 'invalid
> > > > XML file'... I then sent it to licensing at cisco.com and got a
> license
> > > > in a few hours... no biggie... but expect it to fail...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > JOnathan
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Justin Steinberg
> > <jsteinberg at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > on the new cm6 system, login to ccmadmin goto
> > system>licensing>license
> > > > file
> > > > > upload. You can download the xml file there and then you will
> > need to
> > > > > upload that file to cisco's website and they will then email
> you a
> > > > permanent
> > > > > xml license file.
> > > > >
> > > > > The above process will give you:
> > > > > 1) DLU's for your system
> > > > > 2) CM node licenses
> > > > >
> > > > > However, you will need to use the PUT to order a CM4to6 upgrade
> > and
> > > > they
> > > > > will ship you a PAK that you can use to license the CM6 feature
> > > > license.
> > > > > Without this feature license the CM service will not start.
> > > > >
> > > > > Justin
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Aman Chugh
> <aman.chugh at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I need some help with this, I am migrating licenses from ccm
> 4.x
> > to
> > > > 6.x, I
> > > > > have ran DMA and I am looking for the intermediary license file
> > which
> > > > all
> > > > > the documents talk about, I am not doing a complete restore of
> 4.x
> > on
> > > > 6 .x ,
> > > > > I just need licenses to be migrated from the old system to the
> new
> > > > one. I
> > > > > have looked at tar file which DMA creates but can't find that
> xml
> > file
> > > > > needed for new license generation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > TIA
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Aman
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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