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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yes, I believe the aligned partitions issue is VMware specific.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t know what Cisco has to say about it, but I always feel better knowing the install was direct from a fresh 9 install rather than a 7->9 upgrade. Since the DRS backup and restore from an upgraded 9x onto a fresh 9x is acceptable in the Jump Upgrade in VMware I don’t see a problem with it on the physical side.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On a side note, are you using any ATAs?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dennis Heim<br><b>Cc:</b> cisco-voip voyp list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] should I rebuild cluster from scratch after upgrade from v7 to v9?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks Dennis. I believe that 'aligned partitions' are a VM issue only? I am currently on MCS (HP equiv) servers.<br><br>Lelio<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure<br>Computing and Communications Services (CCS)<br>University of Guelph<br><br>519</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";color:black'>‐</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>824</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";color:black'>‐</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>4120 Ext 56354<br><a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a><br><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ccs">www.uoguelph.ca/ccs</a><br>Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building<br>Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"Dennis Heim" <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Heim@wwt.com">Dennis.Heim@wwt.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Lelio Fulgenzi" <<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>>, "cisco-voip voyp list" <<a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1:37:24 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [cisco-voip] should I rebuild cluster from scratch after upgrade from v7 to v9?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Aligned partitions.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dennis Heim | Solution Architect (Collaboration)</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>World Wide Technology, Inc. | 314-212-1814</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00007F'>PS Engineering: </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#00007F'> Innovate & Ignite.</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> cisco-voip [<a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lelio Fulgenzi<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> cisco-voip voyp list<br><b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] should I rebuild cluster from scratch after upgrade from v7 to v9?</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br>I have an opportunity (maybe, if time permits) to rebuild an off-line cluster after I upgrade it from v7 to v9.<br><br>The question is, is there any advantage to building a cluster from scratch and restore from DRS, so that it is built from v9 installation media rather than from a v7 upgrade?<br><br>I recall seeing a number of bugs in the past that said something to the effect of "...if installation was an upgrade, disk space, etc. etc...."<br><br>Can anything thing of any advantages of doing this? This will help us test our disaster recovery process as well.<br><br>Lelio</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure<br>Computing and Communications Services (CCS)<br>University of Guelph<br><br>519</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";color:black'>‐</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>824</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";color:black'>‐</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>4120 Ext 56354<br><a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a><br><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ccs" target="_blank">www.uoguelph.ca/ccs</a><br>Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building<br>Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>