Here's a really good article on the CFA CSS Activation Policy for those who care to know more:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.netcraftsmen.net/resources/blogs/cfa-css-activation-policy-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-you-need-to-know.html">http://www.netcraftsmen.net/resources/blogs/cfa-css-activation-policy-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-you-need-to-know.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.netcraftsmen.net/resources/blogs/cfa-css-activation-policy-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-you-need-to-know.html"></a>Anthony<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Joe Papesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:netpappy@gmail.com">netpappy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Here are my thoughts...<br><br>- Verify phone firmware, and plan upgrade before (probably preferred), or after the CUCM Upgrade...<br>
<br>- Make sure you verify licensing after you get your new Publisher built...<br><br>- I did something like this last January and built my new Publisher on a different IP Address. On cut-over night I re-homed the gateways, and Unity, changed the DHCP scope, and reset the phones (think we had to reload switches or clear DHCP to get them to re-home). Then I validated everything and started building the new subscriber. After the subscriber was built I contacted TAC to have them assist with a quick "health check" of the environment, so I was ready for production. I found it handy to have the old Publisher available for reference when things needed tweaking on Monday, but I did have to make sure phones weren't registered there anymore. <br>
<br>- There was a gotcha related Call Forward All CSS, and I don't remember the details, but they changed how that worked (I was upgrading from 4.1(3)), and I was fixing extensions on cut-over night which added some excitement.<br>
<br>I used RTMT for lots of verification...<br><br>Good Luck!<br><br>--Joe <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Amanda Lalli-Cafini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alalli@iinet.net.au" target="_blank">alalli@iinet.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">Good Day All,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">I have a CM 4.2
(publisher and subscriber) that I need to upgrade to CUCM version 8.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">I am trying to get my
head around the best process to follow.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">Prework-
doublecheck the physical hardware will support 8.0.2c.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">7835-H2 with 2Gig RAM and
72G hard disk (done)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">1. Get everything
ready to rebuild CM4.2 if necessary</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">
check the backups</span></p>
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recovery/installation disks</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">2. Use the DMA tool</span></p>
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Correct any problems or errors before proceeding.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">3. The devices on
the network are registered t the subscriber.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">
Shutdown subscriber (small outage window) and make sure the devices register
with the CM 4.2 publisher.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">4. Build a new
publisher on test network to 7.1(2)</span></p>
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The new Publisher server gets the IP address of the current publisher</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">
Choosing this particular version because I found a Cisco guide for upgrading
4.2(3) to 7.1(2)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">5. Migrate
the data</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">6. Check that
phones will regiter to new CM 7.2(2) publisher.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">7. Upgrade to
8.0.2 and recheck test phones.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">8. Plan an outage
window to shutdown CM4.2 Publisher and introduce CUCM8.0.2c publisher</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">9 If all goes well,
build a new subscriber</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">I am most interested in
knowing if my plan is basically solid and what are the 'gotchas' that I need to
look out for.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">Thanks very much for any
assistance.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">Regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51)" lang="EN">Amanda</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amanda Lalli-Cafini</p>
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