[cisco-voip] VCS Expressway upgrade, 8.7 to 12.5

[Matt Jacobson]

If that is the case, then I would double check that it is supported. In the
release notes there is a chart for supported platforms based on
serial numbers. If it is a legacy Tandberg box, then I suspect 12.x may not
work out for you.

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 14:30 Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a legacy Tandberg VCS for video only... no MRA, no remote
> phones... just inbound and outbound sip video...
>
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 12:44 PM Pawlowski, Adam <ajp26 at buffalo.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> We’re at 12.5.3 and probably moving to 12.5.5/12.5.6 somewhere in the
>> Holiday timeframe when everything quiets down a bit.
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>>
>> There hasn’t been really any significant issue upgrading from 8 -> 12,
>> but there have been a couple of bugs that largely are all resolved by
>> deleting and rebuilding whatever the thing is that is misbehaving.
>>
>>
>>
>> The requirement for the _*cup*_login and _cisco-uds SRVs went away
>> though it still endlessly logs a warning about not finding them, but it
>> will work.
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>> You do also gain the ability to play with the openssl cipher strings but
>> in my limited experience trying to change those to bump them up a notch, it
>> ends up breaking XMPP or something.
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>>
>>
>> Adam
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>> *From:* cisco-voip <cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net> *On Behalf Of *Jonathan
>> Charles
>> *Sent:* Friday, November 15, 2019 11:59 AM
>> *To:* Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com>
>> *Cc:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] VCS Expressway upgrade, 8.7 to 12.5
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, the latest is 12.5.6, released last week, I am avoiding it like
>> the plague...and the bug fix doesn't apply to us.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am going with 12.5.5 (released in August).
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>>
>> I already have release keys (Cisco AM sent them over)...
>>
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>> Hybrid services are on a separate VCS-C that is already 12.5.
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>> My plan is to get new certs if we have any issues
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>> Thanks!
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>>
>> Jonathan
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>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:46 AM Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>> A couple of thoughts for you...
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Get the software release key for 12.x now (you'll be asked to enter
>>    it during the upgrade in the GUI). You'll need to work with TAC > GLO for
>>    this if (and I assume this would be your case) the existing 8.7 serial is
>>    active in Cisco's licensing system. The caveat to trying to do this with
>>    Cisco's self-service license re-host tool is that while the 8.7 serial is
>>    active, it won't allow you to assign the new 12.x software release PAK to
>>    the serial because the serial is already assigned to another software
>>    release key.
>>
>>
>>    - Take a backup first, your only roll back option is to re-install
>>       8.7 and restore the backup.
>>
>>
>>    - Your VMware Hypervisor needs to be 6.0/5/7.
>>
>>
>>    - If you have Hybrid Services configured, make sure the management
>>    connector is up to date first.
>>
>>
>>    - SSL Certificate validation changed a bit in 8.8+
>>
>>
>>    - Verify proper forward / reverse DNS for all the relevant touch
>>       points
>>       - Make sure the Expressway certificate trust is up-to-date with
>>       all the current CUCM,CUC,IMP identity certificates (self-signed) or CA
>>       certificates (public CA signed certificates).
>>       - no duplicate certificates in the Expressway trusts
>>
>> Beyond that, just pay attention to the caveats list in the upgrade doc
>> for your version of 12.5.x (12.5.4 is the latest I think).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* cisco-voip <cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net> on behalf of
>> Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, November 15, 2019 10:57 AM
>> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
>> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] VCS Expressway upgrade, 8.7 to 12.5
>>
>>
>>
>> Can we just upgrade directly or do we need to go to an intermediary
>> version first?
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>>
>>
>> Also, any gotchas besides new certificates?
>>
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>>
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
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