Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Upgrade an X5.1, X5.1.1, X5.2 or X6.0 cluster to an X6.1 cluster
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X6.1)
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Note: You should backup your system before upgrading. If at a later date you need to
downgrade to an earlier version you will need to restore a backup made against that previous
release.
downgrade to an earlier version you will need to restore a backup made against that previous
release.
2. Enable maintenance mode. From the VCS command line type:
xconfiguration SystemUnit Maintenance Mode: On
3. Wait for all calls to clear and registrations to timeout.
If necessary, manually remove any calls that do not clear automatically (Status > Calls, then
select the check box next to the calls you want to terminate and click Disconnect).
select the check box next to the calls you want to terminate and click Disconnect).
4. If necessary, manually remove any registrations that do not clear automatically (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).
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).
5. Obtain the release key for the new Cisco VCS software
6. Upgrade and restart the Master Cisco VCS (Maintenance > Upgrade).
For any further details see the "Upgrading Software" section of the Cisco VCS Administrator
Guide.
Guide.
Note: The web browser interface may timeout during the restart process, after the progress bar has
reached the end. This may occur if:
reached the end. This may occur if:
Cisco VCS carries out a disk file system check – which it does approximately once every 30
restarts
restarts
Provisioning is enabled, and database re-indexing is in progress
Upgrading of the software on the master Cisco VCS is now complete.
Note: The upgrade process disables the Cisco VCS’s provisioning functionality.
Provisioning is restored when Enable TMS Agent Data Replication is enabled later in the
process.
process.
7. Backup the master Cisco VCS (See “Appendix 1 – Backing up a Cisco VCS” for details).
Note: It is recommended that while Cisco VCS peers are running different versions of code,
configuration changes to any Cisco VCS in the cluster are limited to the changes needed to complete
the upgrade. Configuration changes will not be replicated across Cisco VCS peers that are not
running the same version of software as the master Cisco VCS.
configuration changes to any Cisco VCS in the cluster are limited to the changes needed to complete
the upgrade. Configuration changes will not be replicated across Cisco VCS peers that are not
running the same version of software as the master Cisco VCS.
Set up the master peer of the X6.1 cluster
On the Master Cisco VCS:
1. On the Clustering page (VCS configuration > Clustering) configure the fields as follows:
Configuration master
1
Cluster pre-shared
key
key
Enter a password (any characters)
Peer 1 IP address
Set to the IP address of this (the master peer) Cisco VCS
Note: If the Cisco VCS has dual network interfaces, the Peer IP address MUST specify the LAN 1
interface address.
interface address.