[cisco-voip] Upgrading to 8.5(1) CUCM

[Anthony Kouloglou]

  Hi Scott,
thanks for your answer.
No, i wouldn't like to jump to it so quick :-) :-)
But it is almost 2 months now!!


On 21/1/2011 17:34, Scott Voll wrote:
> Typically 8.5.1 will go to the new version of 9.0 when it comes out. 
>  But Like Lelio said if you continue down the path..... 8.5.2, 8.5.4, 
> 8.5.8 and then 9.0 comes out you might have to wait for a 9.0.5 before 
> you would be able to upgrade.
>
> Being 8.5 just came out in the past couple weeks...... are you sure 
> you want to jump so quick?
>
> Scott
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Anthony Kouloglou <akoul at dataways.gr 
> <mailto:akoul at dataways.gr>> wrote:
>
>     Sorry to bother you again Lelio but i have seen that matrix many
>     times. I use it often for my upgrade paths.
>     There is no info for _*Upcoming*_ versions of CUCM (8.6, 9.0, 9.1
>     etc).
>     I just don't want to upgrade to 8.5(1) and then get stuck there
>     until 9.5 or something else valid is released
>
>     Kind Regards
>     Anthony
>
>     On 21/1/2011 17:11, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
>>     All that information is contained in the compatibility matrix.
>>     Take a look there first...
>>
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     *From: *"Anthony Kouloglou" <akoul at dataways.gr>
>>     <mailto:akoul at dataways.gr>
>>     *To: *"Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca> <mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca>
>>     *Cc: *"cisco-voip at puck-nether.net"
>>     <mailto:cisco-voip at puck-nether.net> <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
>>     <mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
>>     *Sent: *Friday, January 21, 2011 10:09:03 AM
>>     *Subject: *Re: [cisco-voip] Upgrading to 8.5(1) CUCM
>>
>>     Thanks Lelio,
>>     i understood what you said about licensing and contracts.
>>     But, i would like to know apriori if possible that, if i have
>>     upgraded to 7.1.5 i would have to wait for the 8.5 because you
>>     cannot upgrade from 7.1.5 to 8.0.
>>     Is this info for the next versions of 8.5 somewhere?
>>
>>     Thanks a lot
>>     Anthony
>>
>>         There are two sides to this question, licensing and technical.
>>
>>         Technically speaking, you'll have to look at the CUCM
>>         compatibility matrix to see what versions can upgrade to what
>>         versions. Cisco hasn't been too bad at making upgrades work
>>         especially from an n-1 release, however, there are occasions
>>         depending on how far into the N-1 train you venture you will
>>         not be able to upgrade to the next release. For example, you
>>         can't upgrade from 7.1.5 to 8.0 I believe, but you can
>>         upgrade from 7.1.5 to 8.5 (please check the matrix for exacts).
>>
>>         http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/compat/ccmcompmatr.html
>>
>>         Licensing is another matter and handles the legality of
>>         upgrades. An "Essential" contract allows you access to minor
>>         upgrades, i.e. N.x to N.y. A UCSS contract allows you access
>>         to major upgrades, i.e. N.x to N+1.y. In actuality, you can
>>         upgrade to the latest version, not just N+1. ;)
>>
>>         Hope that helps, I'm sure others will offer up some comments
>>         as well.
>>
>>
>>         ---
>>         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: *"Anthony Kouloglou" <akoul at dataways.gr>
>>         <mailto:akoul at dataways.gr>
>>         *To: *"cisco-voip at puck-nether.net"
>>         <mailto:cisco-voip at puck-nether.net>
>>         <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net> <mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
>>         *Sent: *Friday, January 21, 2011 9:52:01 AM
>>         *Subject: *[cisco-voip] Upgrading to 8.5(1) CUCM
>>
>>         Hi All,
>>         i was wondering, if i upgrade to CUCM 8.5(1), will i be then
>>         able to upgrade to the upcoming 8.x or 9.0 versions?
>>         Is there a roadmap for that?
>>
>>         Kind Regards
>>         Anthony
>>
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