Cisco Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager 2.0 Installation Guide

These topics explain how to upgrade to Cisco EPN Manager 2.0 from an earlier version of Cisco EPN Manager.

If you are performing an upgrade in a high availability deployment, see 

Check the following information before you begin the upgrade. 

Verify that your version of Cisco EPN Manager is supported for upgrade. See 

Make sure your deployment meets the requirements in the relevant prerequisites topic:

. For OVA/VM deployments, the upgrade is run from the vmWare vSphere 

client.

. For ISO/bare metal deployments, the upgrade is run from Cisco IMC.

Back up your data. Refer to the backup topics in the 

.

Make sure SCP is enabled on your client machine, and the required ports are open (see 

). 

You will need to use SCP to copy files from your client machine to the Cisco EPN Manager server. 

These are the basic steps of the automatic upgrade procedure:

Download the upgrade image and the patching upgrade script (and validation files) from Cisco.com to your client machine.

Copy the files from your client machine to the Cisco EPN Manager server.

Validate the patching_upgrade.pl script, then run the script. (The script ensures that optical devices are discovered 
correctly.)

Perform the upgrade.

Perform the post-upgrade licensing, authentication, and web GUI tasks described in 

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From the 

, locate and download the following files to your client machine.

CEPNM upgrade image—Contains the upgrade image. The file will have the prefix CEPNM-upgrade and the suffix 
.tar.gz. The numbers in the filename may not align to the current Cisco EPN Manager version, so be sure to check 
the file description.

Patching Upgrade zip file—Contains the patching_upgrade.pl script, which ensures that optical devices are 
discovered correctly. You will run this script before performing the upgrade.

Patching Upgrade signature file—Contains the patching_upgrade.pl.signature file, which you will use to validate 
the patching_upgrade.pl script.

Cisco EPNM 2.0 pem file—Contains the CiscoEPNM 2.0.pem file, which you will use to validate the 
patching_upgrade.pl script.