[cisco-voip] Device Pack installation question

[Ed Leatherman]

Fair enough, thanks Wes.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Wes Sisk <wsisk at cisco.com> wrote:

> Device Packs may (not always) change items for which there is no change
> notification. To that end when a device pack is applied a reboot is required
> to ensure full and proper deployment.
>
> Regards,
> Wes
>
> On Oct 3, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Ed Leatherman wrote:
>
> Thanks Eric, I keep forgetting I have to look at the file from my "cart" on
> cisco.com to get a link to the readme file. Found it and I see what you
> are talking about now.
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Erick B. <erickbee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I found this line in a 7.1.x device pack readme, which is the same as
>> old windows version device packs. If your running a device pack to add
>> support for a new phone/etc you need to do a cluster wide reboot, but
>> if the device pack just upgrades firmware for existing phone/device
>> types you don't need to reboot. You may need to manually restart the
>> TFTP service (not sure if the device pack install does that).
>>
>> From 7.1.x device pack readme,
>>
>> When applying this Device Package to enable new device support, a
>> cluster-wide reboot is required for those devices to register
>> successfully.   A clusterwide reboot IS NOT required when running to
>> update existing firmware/support.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Ed Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello, hope everyone's Friday is going well.
>> >
>> > I am looking at installing device pack 7.1.5.34066-3 on our cluster.
>> >
>> > When I go through the CLI using the "Utils system upgrade initiate"
>> command,
>> > it finds the file as a valid upgrade, and after it downloads and
>> validates
>> > the file it displays this message:
>> >
>> > A system reboot is required when the upgrade process completes or is
>> > canceled.  This will ensure services affected by the upgrade process are
>> > functioning properly.
>> >
>> > This is the first time i've tried doing a CLI upgrade/install of
>> anything -
>> > I just discovered the option. Since I don't want to reboot at this
>> point, I
>> > do not start the installation. Now, if I do this operation via the
>> Software
>> > Upgrade on the OS Admin web page, it does not give me a message about
>> > rebooting. So.. would I need to reboot if I add the device pack or not?
>> I
>> > thought it was more along the lines of a firmware package, but I don't
>> find
>> > any documentation about device packs when I look in the doc roadmap - I
>> > freely admit I could be looking in the wrong places for it though.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
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>> > Ed Leatherman
>> >
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