How much time does that take you?<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Jonathan Charles <<a href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com">jonvoip@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Haven't had to do that....<br><br>Every time I have had replacement servers, I have always been a fan of<br>
replicating the existing version on one of them (say 3.3(5)Sr2 or<br>whatever), restoring the customer's backup, upgrading to 4.1(3)sr5d<br>then installing DMA and running it... all on an isolated VLAN.<br><br>This way there is no concern about screwing with their existing<br>
server; also gives us a really clean backout (just swap the ethernet<br>cable back...)<br><font color="#888888"><br><br><br>Jonathan<br></font>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Voice Noob <<a href="mailto:voicenoob@gmail.com">voicenoob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Thanks for the response. If I hapen to install the wrong version of DMA can<br>
> I uninstall it and install the correct one? Has anyone had to do this?<br>><br>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Frazee, Timothy <<a href="mailto:Timothy_Frazee@adp.com">Timothy_Frazee@adp.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Install of DMA requires reboot. Make sure you do the right DMA for the<br>>> right version of 6 (6.1(1a) vs. 6.1(2) )<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> If you don't clean up CDR beforehand, its pretty hard on the proc, but I<br>
>> don't believe it stops and services. With the CPU thinking that hard on<br>>> something different than ccm.exe, the subscribers might think the pub is<br>>> offline.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>
>> One thing I noticed was if I had the same config in 4.2.x vs. 4.1.3, the<br>>> same DMA to 6.1(1a) would report certain things as a problem in 4.1 and<br>>> wouldn't even mention them in 4.2. really weird.<br>
>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> From: <a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a><br>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>] On Behalf Of Voice Noob<br>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:37 PM<br>>> To: Dennis Heim<br>>> Cc: Adam; cisco-voip<br>>> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] About DMA // Upgrade from 4.1 to 6.1<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> If it is risk vs. reward I think I will make my own decision about that. I<br>
>> am asking if I run the DMA process does it cause any changes to the call<br>>> manager? I need to dump out this information and load it to a vmware server<br>>> to see if the upgrade is going to go well.<br>
>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Also back to my other question can I take this DMA file and restore it to<br>>> a VMware server to see if the upgrade process will have any errors? Thanks.<br>>><br>
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Dennis Heim <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Heim@cdw.com">Dennis.Heim@cdw.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> I tell my clients this when they want to do production changes outside of<br>
>> MAC work or other minor trival changes…. Ask yourself "Do you like your<br>>> job?"<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> If the answer is "yes" then you may not want to run DMA during the day.<br>
>> Running DMA is pretty CPU intensive… you are writing out the entire SQL<br>>> database into flat files.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Dennis Heim<br>>> Network Voice Engineer<br>>> Berbee<br>
>> 11711 N. Meridian Street, Suite 225<br>>> Carmel, IN 46032<br>>><br>>> 317.569.4255 Office<br>>> 317.569.4201 Fax<br>>> 317.694.6070 Cell<br>>><br>>> <a href="mailto:dennis.heim@cdw.com">dennis.heim@cdw.com</a><br>
>> <a href="http://www.berbee.com/" target="_blank">www.berbee.com</a><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> From: <a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a><br>
>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>] On Behalf Of Voice Noob<br>>> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:19 PM<br>>> To: Adam<br>>> Cc: cisco-voip<br>
>> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] About DMA // Upgrade from 4.1 to 6.1<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> THanks alot for the help. Does anyone know or has anyone tried to use the<br>>> DMA tool and restore the information to a VMware server just to test the<br>
>> upgrade? I will not have access to the hardware before I go onsite for these<br>>> customers but can get the DMA file transferred to myself. Also can I run<br>>> this in the middle of the day? Will it stop the publisher from functioning?<br>
>><br>>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Adam <<a href="mailto:cisco@adman.net">cisco@adman.net</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Best piece of advice I can offier is to allow plenty of time to run the<br>
>> DMA tool and resolve any error or warnings before your planned cutover time.<br>>> I've had upgrades with no warnings and errors, then I've had upgrades that<br>>> had two days worth of TAC cases to get it all resolved before we got a good<br>
>> DMA tar file.<br>>><br>>> On the Unity upgrades make sure that your Unity server is talking to the<br>>> nearest DC/GC (see the reconfiguration guide for details -<br>>> <a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/5x/upgrade/guide/ex/5xcuruge060.html" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/5x/upgrade/guide/ex/5xcuruge060.html</a>).<br>
>> I had one upgrade where it had attached to a server across the WAN so the<br>>> AD synch part that should have been a twenty or thirty minute deal ended up<br>>> taking five hours... not something you want to hit cancel on in the middle,<br>
>> but it did mean we blew through our maintenance window.<br>>><br>>> -Adam<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Voice Noob <<a href="mailto:voicenoob@gmail.com">voicenoob@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Speaking of upgrades, does anyone have any good resources or tips? I have<br>>> about 10 upgrades from 4.1 to 6.1 and Unity 4.0 to Unity 5.0/7.0 in the next<br>>> 6 months. I have my first one next week. Any info that could be provided I<br>
>> would appreciate.<br>>><br>>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM, omar parihuana <<a href="mailto:omar.parihuana@gmail.com">omar.parihuana@gmail.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Thanks James for your prompt response...<br>
>><br>>><br>>><br>>> We're going to use a new MCS server this new server have 2GB RAM and 72GB<br>>> HDD. However the current server only have 18GB and unfortunately the unit C<br>>> only have 2.5GB of free space. Still I don't try to run DMA but I don't know<br>
>> if the 4GB is strictly necessary.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Rgds.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On 7/6/08, James Buchanan <<a href="mailto:jbuchanan@ctiusa.com">jbuchanan@ctiusa.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Hello,<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> What is the total capacity of the hard drive? 36GB? 72GB? 6.1 requires<br>>> 72GB.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>>><br>>><br>>> James<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> From: <a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a><br>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>] On Behalf Of omar parihuana<br>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:25 PM<br>>> To: cisco-voip<br>>> Subject: [cisco-voip] About DMA // Upgrade from 4.1 to 6.1<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Hi list,<br>>><br>>><br>
>><br>>> I have to migrate a CCM from 4.1 to 6.1 unfortunately the disk C: space is<br>>> not enough, in accordance to DMA requeriments 4GB is necessary, so after of<br>>> delete CDR and others files, I have 2.5GB of free space in unit C: in D only<br>
>> 200Mbps. Then my question is: is it strictly necessary 4GB in unit C in<br>>> order to run DMA? or 2.5GB will be enough, because I'm thinking export the<br>>> .tar file in other unit (maybe network unit) What other things can I delete<br>
>> into CCM in order to get more space?<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Thanks for your suggestions.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Rgds.<br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Omar E.P.T<br>
>> -----------------<br>>> Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections!<br>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Omar E.P.T<br>>> -----------------<br>>> Certified Networking Professionals make better Connections!<br>
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