[cisco-voip] Call Manager Version 7 and Unity Connection

[Monica Hardy]

Thank you, that saves a lot of time.

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From: Matthew Saskin [mailto:matt at saskin.net] 
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:27 AM
To: Monica Hardy
Cc: Scott Voll; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Call Manager Version 7 and Unity Connection

They just need to be configured in CCM prior to the upgrade, not 
registered.  The license export file in the DMA is based on configured

Monica Hardy wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for their comments.
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> I agree with the .0 vs the .1 release, however since this is more like

> 6.2 is why I posed the question in the first place.
> 
> At my last job we did go with the 6.01 release at the urging of
another 
> VAR and that was a major jump from 4.1.3.  We
> 
> didn't have any major problems.  I think that it is less of a risk
going 
> to 7.0 since it is really like a 6.2, but I just
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> wanted to see if anyone would throw up any red flags.
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> We are a Microsoft shop and I have never even seen  Unity Connection.
I 
> think the VAR just brought this up because of the complexity of trying

> to make sure all of the Unity prerequisites were in place ( exchange, 
> DC, Global Catalog Server, etc.) at
> 
> some of the worldwide locations in order for Unity to work.  He also 
> told me that the user would still get their VM's in their Outlook.
With 
> Unity Enterprise you are able to cluster the Unity boxes with Digital 
> Networking, right?  Any comments on this, as I have only had Unity 
> Enterprise deployed at one main location?  I think the VAR was also 
> pushing Unity Connection because it is more of an appliance model and 
> saying that Cisco was moving in that direction.
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> On a side note, I have looked everywhere and cannot determine if to
move 
> licenses I need to have the phones *configured *in call manager or 
> actually *registered*.  A lot of phones were deleted and I need to 
> figure out if I actually need to plug every phone in or just have them

> configured and unregistered.
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> Thank you
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> -Monica
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> *From:* Scott Voll [mailto:svoll.voip at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:00 AM
> *To:* Monica Hardy
> *Cc:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Call Manager Version 7 and Unity
Connection
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> I don't know when you plan on upgrading..... but I think I can get a 
> second on this.  in production...... NEVER go with a .0 release wait 
> until .1 at a minimum.  eg. 7.0 vs 7.1.
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> I second Lelio's comments about Unity connections.  if your not a M$ 
> enviroment then go with Unity Connections.  and if your not wanting UM

> then go with Unity connections.
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> do you currently have CRS / IPCCx / UCCx or what ever they are calling

> it today?  if so, that will drive more of the upgrade versions then 
> anything.
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> Scott
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> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Monica Hardy
<Monica.Hardy at openwave.com 
> <mailto:Monica.Hardy at openwave.com>> wrote:
> 
> I realize that this is a brand new product. 
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> I am planning a worldwide upgrade (from 4.1.3)/migration of Call
Manager 
> while consolidating about 8 clusters into 1.
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> I was advised by my VAR that version 7 is the way to go and that is
what 
> Cisco is telling its customers.
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> I would like any and all thoughts on this subject.
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> Anybody actually running it in production yet? 
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> I was also advised from this same person that Cisco is also starting
to 
> push Unity Connection instead of Unity Enterprise
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> especially in cases like ours of many worldwide offices.
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> I did search the forums, but didn't see much out there.
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> Thank you
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> -Monica
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> Monica P. Hardy
> 
> Openwave
> 
> Sr. Network Engineer
> 
> Phone: 650-480-5597
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> email:  monica.hardy at openwave.com <mailto:monica.hardy at openwave.com>
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