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

[Ahmed Elnagar]

There is a major difference that I noticed starting from 7.x releases

7.1.1 to 7.1.4 “if they ever exists” has no restricted and unrestricted version.

Starting 7.1.5 “which was a jump release from 7.1.3 to 7.1.4” introduced the restricted and unrestricted versions.

 

The same for 8.x…8.0 for now has nothing to do with restricted and unrestricted; however 8.5 do.

 

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 Anthony Kouloglou
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 5:40 PM
To: Scott Voll
Cc: cisco-voip at puck-nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Upgrading to 8.5(1) CUCM

 

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> 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...



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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.


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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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