Cisco Cisco Unified IP Interactive Voice Response (IVR) 8.0(1) Administrator's Guide

This section provides procedures for using the following restart options:

You can use this option both when you are upgrading to a newer software version and when you need to 
fall back to an earlier software version. To shut down the system that is running on the active disk 
partition and then automatically restart the system by using the software version on the inactive partition, 
follow this procedure:

This procedure causes the system to restart and become temporarily out of service.

From the Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration window, navigate to 
Settings > Version.

The Version Settings window, which shows the software version on both the active and inactive 
partitions, displays.

To switch versions and restart, click Switch Versions. To stop the operation, click Cancel. 

If you click Switch Version, the system restarts, and the partition that is currently inactive becomes 
active. See 

 for detailed information on Upgrade and Switch 

Versions.

To restart the system on the current partition without switching versions, follow this procedure: