<div><div dir="auto">If that is the case, then I would double check that it is supported. In the release notes there is a chart for supported platforms based on serial numbers. If it is a legacy Tandberg box, then I suspect 12.x may not work out for you.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 14:30 Jonathan Charles <<a href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com">jonvoip@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This is a legacy Tandberg VCS for video only... no MRA, no remote phones... just inbound and outbound sip video...</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 12:44 PM Pawlowski, Adam <<a href="mailto:ajp26@buffalo.edu" target="_blank">ajp26@buffalo.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">There hasn’t been really any significant issue upgrading from 8 -> 12, but there have been a couple of bugs that largely are all resolved by deleting and rebuilding
whatever the thing is that is misbehaving. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The requirement for the _<i>cup</i>_login and _cisco-uds SRVs went away though it still endlessly logs a warning about not finding them, but it will work.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You do also gain the ability to play with the openssl cipher strings but in my limited experience trying to change those to bump them up a notch, it ends up breaking
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Charles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 15, 2019 11:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ryan Huff <<a href="mailto:ryanhuff@outlook.com" target="_blank">ryanhuff@outlook.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] VCS Expressway upgrade, 8.7 to 12.5<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, the latest is 12.5.6, released last week, I am avoiding it like the plague...and the bug fix doesn't apply to us.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am going with 12.5.5 (released in August).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I already have release keys (Cisco AM sent them over)...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hybrid services are on a separate VCS-C that is already 12.5.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My plan is to get new certs if we have any issues<u></u><u></u></p>
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Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:46 AM Ryan Huff <<a href="mailto:ryanhuff@outlook.com" target="_blank">ryanhuff@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Get the software release key for 12.x now (you'll be asked to enter it during the upgrade in the GUI). You'll need to work with TAC > GLO for this if (and I assume this would be your case) the existing 8.7 serial
is active in Cisco's licensing system. The caveat to trying to do this with Cisco's self-service license re-host tool is that while the 8.7 serial is active, it won't allow you to assign the new 12.x software release PAK to the serial because the serial is
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Take a backup first, your only roll back option is to re-install 8.7 and restore the backup.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Your VMware Hypervisor needs to be 6.0/5/7.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you have Hybrid Services configured, make sure the management connector is up to date first.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">SSL Certificate validation changed a bit in 8.8+<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Verify proper forward / reverse DNS for all the relevant touch points<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Make sure the Expressway certificate trust is up-to-date with all the current CUCM,CUC,IMP identity certificates (self-signed) or CA certificates (public CA signed certificates).<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background:white">
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">no duplicate certificates in the Expressway trusts<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Beyond that, just pay attention to the caveats list in the upgrade doc for your version of 12.5.x (12.5.4 is the latest I think).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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on behalf of Jonathan Charles <<a href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com" target="_blank">jonvoip@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 15, 2019 10:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a> <<a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] VCS Expressway upgrade, 8.7 to 12.5</span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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