[cisco-voip] UC Apps on Unsupported ESXi Versions

[Anthony Holloway]

Thanks Brian.  That's exactly the kind of information I'm after.  I'm
hoping someone can validate it with empirical evidence.

It worth mentioning the following, which I replied to another list user who
direct messaged me, in regards to OVA settings during the upgrade.

According to the CUCM and CUC upgrade guides, you can change the OS before
or after the upgrade.

Se the CUCM guide here where it states OS changes are a pre-upgrade task:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/upgrade/10_0_1/CUCM_BK_U4214F9D_00_upgrade-guide-cucm-100/CUCM_BK_U4214F9D_00_upgrade-guide-cucm-100_chapter_011.html#CUCM_TK_C9AFC8CC_00

And here in the CUC guide where it's a post upgrade task:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/10x/upgrade/guide/10xcucrugx/10xcucrug010.html#pgfId-1145799

Interestingly enough, UCCX documentation has no mention of changing OS or
Network Adapter.  Not in the Upgrade Guide, Release Notes, nor the OVA Read
Me.  I have opened a request to have this reviewed, it might be a miss or
it might be the way it is.

Upgrade Guide

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cust_contact/contact_center/crs/express_10_5/install/guide/UCCX_BK_C2650101_00_cisco-unified-contact-center-express.html

Release Notes

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cust_contact/contact_center/crs/express_10_5/release/docs/UCCX_BK_UBDB029E_00_uccx-release-notes-105.html
http://www.cisco.com/web/software/280840578/117186/UCCX_RN_10.5su1.pdf

OVA Read Me

http://www.cisco.com/web/software/283733053/114894/UCCX_v2.6_vmv8.ova_README.txt

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Brian Meade <bmeade90 at vt.edu> wrote:

> I just got through updating our internal UCCX to 9.0.2(SU2) to get ESXi
> 5.5 support prior to migrating to our 5.5 infrastructure.
>
> I'm not sure if anything really changed to support 5.5 though outside of
> the BU just finally testing it.
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Anthony Holloway <
> avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm planning an upgrade to UCCX 8.5(1)SU3 to 10.5(1)SU1 by way of
>> 8.5(1)SU4.  My ESXi is on 4.1 and I am planning to upgrade it to 5.5.
>>
>> The virtualization guide does not list ESXi 5.5 as supported for UCCX 8x.
>>
>>
>> http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Virtualization_for_Unified_CCX#Version_8.5.28x.29
>>
>> And, the virtualization guide also does not list ESXi 4.1 as supported
>> for UCCX 10x.
>>
>>
>> http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Virtualization_for_Unified_CCX#Version_10.5.28x.29
>>
>> I am wondering if anyone has experience with this and if it really
>> matters what order I do the upgrades in, considering that at the end of the
>> maintenance window, I will be on UCCX 10.5(1)SU1 and ESXi 5.5; which is
>> supported.
>>
>> My biggest concern is with the UCCX upgrade to 8.5(1)SU4 halting because
>> of a hardware/software compatibility check while on ESXi 5.5, or likewise,
>> UCCX 10.5(1)SU1 halting because of ESXi 4.1.
>>
>> This is also why the subject of this email says "UC Apps" and not "UCCX."
>>  I would suspect all UC Apps (VOS based ones anyway) upgrade in the same
>> manner, when it comes to hardware/software checks.
>>
>> Actually, do UC Apps even check your version of ESXi?  Or do they just
>> see "VMware" and the hardware resources allocated?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
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