Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
a. Log in to the VCS as admin (SSH or serial).
b. At a command prompt, type xConfiguration SystemUnit Maintenance Mode: On
b. At a command prompt, type xConfiguration SystemUnit Maintenance Mode: On
Note that from X8.1 you can enable maintenance mode via the web interface (
Maintenance
> Maintenance mode
).
4. Wait for all calls to clear and registrations to timeout on this peer.
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If necessary, manually remove any calls on this peer that do not clear automatically (using the web
browser go to
browser go to
Status > Calls
, then select the check box next to the calls you want to terminate and
click Disconnect).
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If necessary, manually remove any registrations from this peer that do not clear automatically (using
the web browser go to
the web browser go to
Status > Registrations > By device
, then select the check box next to the
devices you want to remove and click Unregister).
You can leave the registration for the Conference Factory – this will not be the source of calls, and
even if deleted will not roll over to another peer, as other peers have their own Conference Factory
registration (if enabled).
You can leave the registration for the Conference Factory – this will not be the source of calls, and
even if deleted will not roll over to another peer, as other peers have their own Conference Factory
registration (if enabled).
5. Upgrade and restart the VCS (
Maintenance > Upgrade
).
If multiple peers need restarting: restart each peer in turn, waiting for the peer to be accessible through the
web interface before restarting the next peer.
For any further details see the "Upgrading Software" section of VCS Administrator Guide.
Note that the web browser interface may timeout during the restart process, after the progress bar has
reached the end. This may occur if VCS carries out a disk file system check – which it does
approximately once every 30 restarts, or if it has not checked its disks in the last 6 months.
web interface before restarting the next peer.
For any further details see the "Upgrading Software" section of VCS Administrator Guide.
Note that the web browser interface may timeout during the restart process, after the progress bar has
reached the end. This may occur if VCS carries out a disk file system check – which it does
approximately once every 30 restarts, or if it has not checked its disks in the last 6 months.
Upgrading the software on this non-master VCS peer is now complete.
Cluster-related alarms
You can ignore any cluster-related alarms that occur during the upgrade process, for example:
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“Cluster communication failure” alarm on the master or any non-master peers – this is expected.
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“Cluster replication error: cannot find master or this slave’s peer configuration file, manual synchronization
of configuration is required”
of configuration is required”
Similarly you can ignore any Cisco TMS warnings and emails about cluster problems created during this
upgrade. Theses alarms and warnings are expected and will clear when all cluster peers are upgraded and
cluster data synchronization has occurred (they should clear within 10 minutes of the complete upgrade).
upgrade. Theses alarms and warnings are expected and will clear when all cluster peers are upgraded and
cluster data synchronization has occurred (they should clear within 10 minutes of the complete upgrade).
On this non-master VCS peer:
1. Go to
Status > Alarms
and ensure that all alarms are acted upon and cleared.
2. Check that configuration data exists as expected:
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If FindMe is in use, check that the expected FindMe entries still exist (
Status > Applications > TMS
Provisioning Extension Services > FindMe > Accounts
).
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Check configuration for items from the
System
,
Configuration
and
Application
menus.
3. Repeat these steps for each non-master peer.
After all the cluster peers have been upgraded: check cluster status
On each VCS (including the master), go to
System > Clustering
and check that the cluster database status
reports as Active.
Upgrading an X7.1 or later cluster to an X8.5 cluster is now complete.
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