[cisco-voip] Upgrade from CallManager 8.6 to BE6000?

[Anthony Holloway]

DRS backup and restore is to/from the same version.  So unless you upgrade
the CUCM 8.6 to 9.1 first, you cannot use DRS.  If you did however upgrade
the CUCM 8.6 to 9.1 then you can.

The BE6K is more of a marketing promotional bundle thing than it is really
a hardware or software thing.

If you were to go to CUCM 10.0, you have Prime Collaboration Deployment at
your service.  However, there's one small consideration...

Real quick: If you don't spend much time on the Cisco Support Forums, I
highly recommend it.  There's even a forum specifically for UC Migrations
where all kinds of questions are asked and issues are raised with the
process.  From ordering, to planning, to execution, to licensing, your
question has likely already been asked.

Take a look:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/5426/uc-migrations

On to the consideration I am talking about:

For MCS7800 to BE migrations, the included virtualization license is not
> compatible with Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD). Use FND,
> ST,ET,EP if you plan to use PCD


*Source:*
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12164951/old-mcss-cucm-715-and-uccx-802-migrate-be6000-version-100

Here is the section within the PCD Release Notes stating the same:

"Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment is not compatible with all license
> types of VMware vSphere ESXi, as some licenses do not enable required
> VMware APIs."


*Source:*
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/PCD/CUCM_BK_PB8976C2_00_pcd_rns_1001/CUCM_BK_PB8976C2_00_pcd_rns_1001_chapter_01.html#CUCM_RF_VA37165C_00

In the above link, note the bullet item:

   - Evaluation mode license

This is important because you can get around this limitation by downloading
a trial license, and then rolling back when PCD is no longer needed.

Here is a DocWiki link showing that the free Hypervisor option can be
replaced with the Foundation license as a separate orderable SKU:

*Source:*
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements#Purchasing_.2F_Sourcing_Options_for_Required_Virtualization_Software

I hope that helped.



On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Jason Aarons (AM) <
jason.aarons at dimensiondata.com> wrote:

> Can I upgrade from CallManager 8.6 to BE6000 running CallManager 9.1?
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> I don’t think I can do a DRS restore on BE6000 of their old CallManager
> 8.6? Can I ?  Is that supported?
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> I’m thinking I can use Bulk Administration > Export to move a lot of
> existing data from 8.6 to 9.1.
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