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Upgrade an X6.0, X6.1, X7.0 or X7.0.n or X7.1 cluster to an X7.2 cluster
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X7.2)
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3. Click Force Refresh.
If Cisco TMS is used and FindMe or Device Provisioning is required, enable replication on this
upgraded non-master VCS peer.
On TMS:
upgraded non-master VCS peer.
On TMS:
4. Go to Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders) then click on this non-master VCS.
5. Select the TMS Agent tab.
6. Select Enable TMS Agent Data Replication.
7. Ensure that Authentication Scheme is set to Digest.
8. Click Save Settings.
Note: This may take a while to complete (approximately 5 minutes); select the Activity Status page
(see link at the top of the screen) to show the list of activities that are active, scheduled or in
progress. Select the activity Enable TMS Agent Data Replication for system(s) <name of
system>. This displays an activity log. Refresh this web page (button bottom left of this page) until
the Activity Event completed successfully is reported.
(see link at the top of the screen) to show the list of activities that are active, scheduled or in
progress. Select the activity Enable TMS Agent Data Replication for system(s) <name of
system>. This displays an activity log. Refresh this web page (button bottom left of this page) until
the Activity Event completed successfully is reported.
Do not worry about a message “Cluster replication error: cannot find master or this slave’s peer
configuration file, manual synchronization of configuration is required” – this is expected while the
cluster starts up. It should clear within 10 minutes.
configuration file, manual synchronization of configuration is required” – this is expected while the
cluster starts up. It should clear within 10 minutes.
Similarly do not worry about TMS warnings and emails about cluster problems created during
this upgrade.
this upgrade.
On this non-master VCS peer:
1. Check the Alarms page (Status > Alarms) and ensure that all Alarms are acted upon and
cleared.
2. Check that the expected FindMe entries exist on this VCS (Maintenance > Login accounts >
User accounts).
3. Check that other configuration (including zone configuration, transforms and other configuration
for items from the System, VCS Configuration and Application menus) is as expected.
4. Repeat these steps for each non-master peer.
After all the cluster peers have been upgraded
After all cluster peers have been upgraded:
1. If TMS is used and FindMe or Device Provisioning is required, on TMS enable TMS Agent Data
Replication on all Cluster Peers:
a. Go to Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders), then click on the Master VCS of
the cluster.
b. Select the Clustering tab.
c.
Select Enable TMS Agent Data Replication on all Cluster Peers.
d. Click Save Cluster Settings.
Note: This may take a while to complete (approximately 5 minutes); select the Activity Status page
(see link at the top of the screen) to show the list of activities that are active, scheduled or in
progress. Select the activity Enable TMS Agent Data Replication for system(s) <name of
system>. This displays an activity log. Refresh this web page (button bottom left of this page) until
the Activity Event completed successfully is reported.
(see link at the top of the screen) to show the list of activities that are active, scheduled or in
progress. Select the activity Enable TMS Agent Data Replication for system(s) <name of
system>. This displays an activity log. Refresh this web page (button bottom left of this page) until
the Activity Event completed successfully is reported.