<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><br>Hi Matthew, re-hosting licenses is definitely an option. I wanted to make sure that this path _didn't_ work first, because it is the recommended/advertised approach. <br><br>I'm lucky in that I already have the licenses for my test cluster which match this isolated publisher MAC, since they were issued on this isolated pub first, and I rehosted to another one due to some issues. <br><br>For my production cluster, it means rehosting to the isolated pub MAC and going forward.<br><br>Your comment regarding "the only reason you need the refresh file is because 6.1 and 7.1 can’t read licenses when running on VMWare" is interesting because according to the readme file, it's for more than that. In fact, it doesn't mention licensing at all.<br><blockquote>The refresh upgrade COP file delivers changes to the user experience on the CLI and GUI that are related to a refresh upgrade, and basic functionality needed to support refresh upgrades. Refresh upgrade is a new feature in 8.6(x) that allows upgrades between incompatible OS versions.<br></blockquote>The question then becomes, at what point do I install the license files, before or after the COP_refresh file?<br><br>Lelio<br><br><div><span name="x"></span>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure<br>Computing and Communications Services (CCS)<br>University of Guelph<br><br>519‐824‐4120 Ext 56354<br>lelio@uoguelph.ca<br>www.uoguelph.ca/ccs<br>Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building<br>Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Matthew Loraditch" <MLoraditch@heliontechnologies.com><br><b>To: </b>"Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio@uoguelph.ca>, "cisco-voip" <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, February 11, 2014 3:42:06 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [cisco-voip] Upgrades prohibited... *sigh*<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Just being devil’s advocate but since you aren’t going to VM, why don’t you just rehost the license files. It seems like you may have spent more time trying
to JUMP when the only reason you need the refresh file is because 6.1 and 7.1 can’t read licenses when running on VMWare. You can do that once and since it’s hardware the MAC isn’t going to change no matter how many times you have to run through the install.
Seems easier to open that case once and wait a few hours for rehosted licenses.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2014 3:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cisco-voip<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] Upgrades prohibited... *sigh*</span></p>
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OK, so, I've attempted the upgrade from v7.1(5b)SU3 to v9.1(2)SU1 and I've got the dreaded "upgrades prohibited during license grace period" error. *big sigh*<br>
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I'm using this as a resource: <br>
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</span><a href="https://supportforums.cisco.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/35163-6-15369435/Drive_to_Nine_Jump_upgrade_versions_4.1.3-7.1.5_to_9.1.2-3%5B1%5D.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">https://supportforums.cisco.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/35163-6-15369435/Drive_to_Nine_Jump_upgrade_versions_4.1.3-7.1.5_to_9.1.2-3%5B1%5D.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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Some comments:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I am not recreating my cluster on VM ware, I am using supported MCS servers</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I installed 7.1(5b)SU3 via a "install with patch" process, using 7.1(3a) media</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I installed the the v1.3 COP refresh file next and did NOT reboot the cluster</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I performed a DRS restore and recovered first the publisher, then the subscriber</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I rebooted the subscriber first, then the publisher</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Performed dbreplication recovery (with an unfortunate reboot in the middle)</span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">I guess the biggest question is whether or not the COP refresh files disables the licenses restrictions on MCS servers or not. Or whether I should attempt this again, or call the
TAC for them to allow upgrades via root.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">I'm on an isolated network, so it means some fancy routing on a laptop if the TAC is necessary.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Suggestions?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Lelio</span></p>
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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>
Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure<br>
Computing and Communications Services (CCS)<br>
University of Guelph<br>
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Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building<br>
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