<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The software feature license has to be installed for any version of 6.x, but it is good for any version of 6.x (6.0 through 6.anything). <div><br></div><div>That paragraph is correcting the Admin Guide (they won't update those except in a new version, the release notes is where corrections will go) because it says (incorrectly) that only upgrades from 5 or 6 require the software feature license. In fact upgrades from 4.x require it as well. If you had a software feature license on 6.1(2) it won't go away when you upgrade to 6.1(3).</div><div><br></div><div>Additionally, if you have concerns or recommendations about any document on <a href="http://cisco.com">cisco.com</a> with the feedback box on the left side of the page please use that form. The people that maintain those docs do receive and respond to that feedback. </div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Oct 28, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Dave Wolgast wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">While reviewing the release notes for 6.1(4a), I found the following under Documentation Changes:<br><br><h3 class="p_H_Head3">Software Feature License </h3><a name="wp859271"></a><p class="pB1_Body1">When you upgrade from any supported release of Cisco Unified
Communications Manager to Release 6.1(3x), you must download and install a
software feature license to activate the new features. The <em class="cEmphasis">Cisco Unified Communication Administration Guide</em> indicates
that you must install a software feature license only if you are upgrading from
5.x or 6.x releases. You also need a license if you are upgrading from supported
4.x releases. For instructions about how to obtain and install a software
feature license, see the "License File Upload" chapter in the <em class="cEmphasis">Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide</em>. </p>The 6.1(1) CUCM admin guide says:<br><br><p class="pN1_Note1">
<b>Note </b><img alt="" src="x-msg://1876/i/templates/blank.gif" border="0" height="2" width="1">You do not need
to obtain new licenses if you are upgrading within a software release train,
such as Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0(1) to 6.1(1). </p><br>I am confused. My license report says that I have a valid 6.1 software license installed.<br><br>Does the above mean that I have to add an additional feature license to go from 6.1(2)SU1 to 6.1(4a)? If so, it isn't clear how I do this, since the CUCM Admin Guide covers version 6.1(1). I don't have a new PAK as I'm using the UCSInstall file rather than media obtained through the PUT tool.<br>
<br>Thanks for helping me clear this up.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dave Wolgast<br>Livonia, NY<br>
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