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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CUPS requires that CUCM is running your new release before you can upgrade to IM&P 10.x, so complete your CUCM upgrade before you touch CUPS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As for your main concern with switching order… since you’re doing a refresh upgrade you’ll need to switch your Publisher before you begin the upgrade on the Subscriber nodes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">See section Refresh Upgrade of Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Nodes (starts at pg23):
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/upgrade/10_0_1/CUCM_BK_U4214F9D_00_upgrade-guide-cucm-100.pdf">http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/upgrade/10_0_1/CUCM_BK_U4214F9D_00_upgrade-guide-cucm-100.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">“<b>The publisher node must be running the new software before you upgrade each subscriber node.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Not doing this can cause issues when Subscriber nodes perform a cluster security password comparison with the Publisher. Subscriber node upgrades can fail midway through the
process, wiping out your inactive partition and leaving you on your original version.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Time to completion can vary greatly. Are you using PCD for the upgrade? The latest version of PCD supports external SFTP ISO sourcing last I heard. In some situations that
can be a real time saver. With ideal conditions, I would suggest expecting a refresh upgrade to take between two to three hours per node.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">- Dan<o:p></o:p></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>Reto Gassmann<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 16, 2015 10:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] Upgrade CUCM and CUPS 9.1 to 10.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Group<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am planning the upgrade of our UC cluster (CUCM 1xPub 7xSub / CUPS 1xPub 1xSub) from 9.1 to 10.5.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone done this before and can share some thoughts about it? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What I am mainly interested in is the upgrade procedure, when to switch (Pub and Subs) over and time used.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any help is appreciated<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards Reto<o:p></o:p></p>
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