[cisco-voip] 4.2 to 8 upgrade and what licensing have to say

[Anthony Holloway]

Is this a true statement?  I'm thinking it's not.

"you must have a license ... be able to upgrade normally to 8.x"

There is even a bridged upgrade feature, which lets you upgrade on
unsupported hardware, the service will never start, but you can then take a
backup, and restore onto supported hardware.

Unless you actually plan to run on 7x for a few days, then upgrade to 8x
later, I don't think you need a 7x license.  Just go from 4 to 7 to 8 in one
swoop, only licensing 8.

Anthony

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:46 AM, Ahmed Elnagar
<ahmed_elnagar at rayacorp.com>wrote:

> Hi Leslie;
>
>
>
> Sure you will need to install 7.x using the DMA file you have and then
> upgrade to 8.x…that is what the compatibility matrix says.
>
>
>
> Also what about 7.x license…will Cisco give a license for the temp step of
> restoring the DMA to 7.x and then upgrade…you must have a license in order
> for CUCM service to be up and running and be able to upgrade normally to 8.x
>
>
>
> Please keep us updated with your work with Cisco in that case.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ahmed Elnagar | CCIE#24697 Voice
>
>
>
> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *Leslie Meade
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 14, 2010 7:25 AM
> *To:* Lelio Fulgenzi
>
> *Cc:* voyp list
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] 4.2 to 8 upgrade and what licensing have to
> say
>
>
>
> yea I thought as much but it did sound strange at the time..
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lelio Fulgenzi [mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca <lelio at uoguelph.ca>]
> Sent: Mon 12/13/2010 9:23 PM
> To: Leslie Meade
> Cc: voyp list
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] 4.2 to 8 upgrade and what licensing have to say
>
> I'm not sure licensing is up to speed on the upgrade paths. I would trust
> the compatibility matrix.
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/compat/ccmcompmatr.html#wp278167
>
> As for the DMA, yes, they do that. You don't send them the entire DMA file
> though, there is a license file that is produced. That's what you send them,
> along with the MAC address and the PAK of the software.
>
> ---
> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it.
> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)
>
>
>
> From: "Leslie Meade" <lmeade at signal.ca>
> To: "voyp list" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:11:59 AM
> Subject: [cisco-voip] 4.2 to 8 upgrade and what licensing have to say
>
> 4.2 to 8 upgrade and what licensing have to say
>
> I am am speaking to licensing about the requirements and I am told the
> following
>
> -If you are upgrading from version 4 to version 8, there is no need to pass
> through version 7. You can have it upgraded directly to 8; just have an
> upgrade license and the DMA file.
> -I will need you to send me the DMA file of your Call Manager version 4 to
> get them converted to version 8.
>
> Hmmm everyone i have asked and on here say no you need to go to 7 and then
> on to 8...
> And since when does cisco do the DMA conversion ?
>
> Am I missing something here ?
>
>
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