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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Good Day All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>I have a CM 4.2
(publisher and subscriber) that I need to upgrade to CUCM version 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>I am trying to get my
head around the best process to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Prework-
doublecheck the physical hardware will support 8.0.2c.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>7835-H2 with 2Gig RAM and
72G hard disk (done)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>1. Get everything
ready to rebuild CM4.2 if necessary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
check the backups<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
recovery/installation disks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>2. Use the DMA tool<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
Correct any problems or errors before proceeding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>3. The devices on
the network are registered t the subscriber.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
Shutdown subscriber (small outage window) and make sure the devices register
with the CM 4.2 publisher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>4. Build a new
publisher on test network to 7.1(2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
The new Publisher server gets the IP address of the current publisher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>
Choosing this particular version because I found a Cisco guide for upgrading
4.2(3) to 7.1(2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>5. Migrate
the data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>6. Check that
phones will regiter to new CM 7.2(2) publisher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>7. Upgrade to
8.0.2 and recheck test phones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>8. Plan an outage
window to shutdown CM4.2 Publisher and introduce CUCM8.0.2c publisher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>9 If all goes well,
build a new subscriber<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This will be the first
time I am responsible for an upgrade between Windows based CM to Linux Based so
it would be really great to hear from people who have done this before.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>I am most interested in
knowing if my plan is basically solid and what are the 'gotchas' that I need to
look out for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Thanks very much for any
assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Amanda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Amanda Lalli-Cafini<o:p></o:p></p>
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