Suggestion: run some of the reports from "Cisco Unified Reporting" (from the navigation dropdown in the upper right on ccmadmin). Do this before you upgrade to make database is healthy and then afterwards for the same reason. You could also check this stuff with the RTMT.<div>
<br></div><div>Also, if you had more time I would also suggest upgrading your IP Phones ahead of time to the matching firmware for 6.1.4. This removes one thing you have to worry about during the CUCM upgrade.</div><div><br>
Upgrades for CM 5&6 have been pretty painless for me for the most part, good luck.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Jeff Ruttman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruttmanj@carewisc.org">ruttmanj@carewisc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Greetings,</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">I see by the Cisco Alert at the very end of this email that
I'll have to do my first CCM upgrade this weekend--or bust! I have a few
questions from the OS Admin Guide and a couple more in my "upgrade plan.'
Not a major upgrade; I'm upgrading from 6.1.2 to 6.1.4(SU1). Any comments
will be appreciated greatly.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">OS Guide says this:</font></span></div>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 5pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><span style="font-size:10pt">Starting with Cisco Unified Communications Manager
version 6.1(1), CAPF uses the Certificate Manager Infrastructure to manage its
certificates and keys. Because of this, when you upgrade to version 6.1(1) or
higher, CAPF keys and certificates automatically get regenerated. You must then
rerun the CTL Client application to upgrade the CTL file. For information on
using CAPF with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, refer to the
</span></span><span><i><span style="font-size:10pt">Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Security Guide</span></i></span><span><span style="font-size:10pt">.</span></span><span style="font-size:17pt;color:black"></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><span style="font-size:10pt">Obtain licenses for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
6.1(1) before upgrading to this release. You must import your new licenses after
upgrading to enable the system. Refer to </span></span><span><i><span style="font-size:10pt">Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide </span></i></span><span><span style="font-size:10pt">for information about licensing
and obtaining licenses.</span></span></font></font></p></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">I see that the Cisco CTL Provider service is deactivated on
all our servers. This does not apply to me
then?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">OS Guide says:</font></span></div>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">During
the installation of upgrade software, the upgrade may appear to stall. The
upgrade log stops displaying new log messages.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">Where/how do I access
the installation log?</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"></font></span></span> </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">Here is my little plan
(with some questions)</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">1. Ensure a good
backup.</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">2. DVD into
drive.</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">3. Login to OS Admin on
Publisher.</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">4. Run through install
and reboot to upgraded partition.</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">(Should I do any testing
at this point?)</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">5. Rinse and Repeat on
our 2 Subscribers.</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">(If the CCM version
upgrade has newer phone loads, at what point will phones begin grabbing the new
loads? After the Pub comes on line after the upgrade? When I reboot
the first Sub and phones re-register to the other Sub? Or will I just
reset all the phones that will get a new load after all the servers are
upgraded?)</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">6. See that phone and
GWs are all registered. Test incoming/outgoing calling. Test that I
can make database changes on the Pub....</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">(What other testing do
you recommend?)</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"></font></span></span> </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">Thanks</font></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">jeff</font></span></span></p></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ed Leatherman<br>
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