Cisco Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.3 Installation Guide

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This section describes the steps for upgrading IPAM to version 8.3 on a Linux system. 
Before you begin the upgrade procedure, the IPAM services on the Executive and/or Agent 
system must be running. During this procedure the services will be stopped. On an Executive 

system, the schema will be modified (MySQL and Oracle). A database backup will be saved 
automatically for local MySQL users. Oracle and remote MySQL users must backup their 

data manually before proceeding because the current data will be modified. Oracle users, you 
may also want to run “PURGE RECYCLEBIN;” against your IPAM database, prior to the 

upgrade procedure, to prevent errors during the schema update phase of the upgrade.  

Call the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and ask for the Licensing Team to request a 

license key that is compatible with IPAM 8.3. For your local Cisco TAC phone number, see 
the Cisco Worldwide Contacts page at: 

. After the 

upgrade completes successfully, upon logging into IPAM 8.3 for the first time, the new 8.3 

license key must be entered to access the product. Your existing keys will not work with 
version 8.3. Do not proceed without a new 8.3 License Key or your setup will become 

inaccessible. 

The upgrade procedure requires the following amount of free space in order to run 
successfully: 
 

 

 

3 x DB Size + 5GB 

The current DB Size can be obtained using the “du” command, e.g.  

du –sh /opt/incontrol/mysql/data 

3.1G  /opt/incontrol/mysql/data 

In this example, the database occupies 3.1GB of space, so the total free space required will be 
14.3 GB. The value you come up with does not represent the final amount of space used, but 

only the amount of space needed for upgrade flexibility.