<div dir="ltr">DRS backup and restore is to/from the same version. So unless you upgrade the CUCM 8.6 to 9.1 first, you cannot use DRS. If you did however upgrade the CUCM 8.6 to 9.1 then you can.<div><br></div><div>The BE6K is more of a marketing promotional bundle thing than it is really a hardware or software thing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you were to go to CUCM 10.0, you have Prime Collaboration Deployment at your service. However, there's one small consideration...</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
Real quick: If you don't spend much time on the Cisco Support Forums, I highly recommend it. There's even a forum specifically for UC Migrations where all kinds of questions are asked and issues are raised with the process. From ordering, to planning, to execution, to licensing, your question has likely already been asked.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Take a look:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/5426/uc-migrations" target="_blank">https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/5426/uc-migrations</a><br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On to the consideration I am talking about:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">For MCS7800 to BE migrations, the included virtualization license is not compatible with Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD). Use FND, ST,ET,EP if you plan to use PCD</blockquote>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Source:</b> <a href="https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12164951/old-mcss-cucm-715-and-uccx-802-migrate-be6000-version-100" target="_blank">https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12164951/old-mcss-cucm-715-and-uccx-802-migrate-be6000-version-100</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Here is the section within the PCD Release Notes stating the same:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">"Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment is not compatible with all license types of VMware vSphere <span class="">ESXi</span>, as some licenses do not enable required VMware APIs."</blockquote>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Source:</b> <a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/PCD/CUCM_BK_PB8976C2_00_pcd_rns_1001/CUCM_BK_PB8976C2_00_pcd_rns_1001_chapter_01.html#CUCM_RF_VA37165C_00" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/rel_notes/PCD/CUCM_BK_PB8976C2_00_pcd_rns_1001/CUCM_BK_PB8976C2_00_pcd_rns_1001_chapter_01.html#CUCM_RF_VA37165C_00</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In the above link, note the bullet item:</div><div><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:14.399999618530273px">Evaluation mode license</span></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:14.399999618530273px">This is important because you can get around this limitation by downloading a trial license, and then rolling back when PCD is no longer needed.</span></font></div>
</div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:14.399999618530273px"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Here is a DocWiki link showing that the free Hypervisor option can be replaced with the Foundation license as a separate orderable SKU:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Source:</b> <a href="http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements#Purchasing_.2F_Sourcing_Options_for_Required_Virtualization_Software" target="_blank">http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements#Purchasing_.2F_Sourcing_Options_for_Required_Virtualization_Software</a><br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I hope that helped.</div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Jason Aarons (AM) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.aarons@dimensiondata.com" target="_blank">jason.aarons@dimensiondata.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can I upgrade from CallManager 8.6 to BE6000 running CallManager 9.1?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
I don’t think I can do a DRS restore on BE6000 of their old CallManager 8.6? Can I ? Is that supported?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m thinking I can use Bulk Administration > Export to move a lot of existing data from 8.6 to 9.1.<u></u><u></u></p>
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