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Upgrade a Cisco VCS X3 / X4 cluster to an X5 cluster (including Cisco TMS to 12.6 and non-clustered Cisco
VCSs to X5)
8. If FindMe or Device Provisioning is enabled, enable replication on this upgraded Cisco VCS.
On Cisco TMS enable replication on this upgraded Cisco VCS:
a. Select
the
TMS Agent tab.
b. Select
Enable TMS Agent Data Replication.
c. Select
Enable Authentication
d. Click
Save Settings.
Note: This takes a while to complete (approximately 5 minutes); select the Activity Status page (see
link at the top of the screen) to show you the list of activities, 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 until the Activity Event completed successfully is reported.
link at the top of the screen) to show you the list of activities, 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 until the Activity Event completed successfully is reported.
9. If FindMe is used then the FindMe accounts need to be upgraded from their X4 format to the X5
format.
Log in as root and at the command prompt, type:
Log in as root and at the command prompt, type:
upgradefindmeaccounts
This takes a while to complete – wait for the response OK, followed by the command prompt being
re-displayed.
If the OK response is not received after a short while, press ‘Enter’ (‘Carriage Return’).
This takes a while to complete – wait for the response OK, followed by the command prompt being
re-displayed.
If the OK response is not received after a short while, press ‘Enter’ (‘Carriage Return’).
10. Check that the expected FindMe entries still exist on this Cisco VCS (Maintenance > Login
accounts > User accounts).
Note: If provisioning was enabled previously, provisioning records show up in the list with a FindMe
name = N/A. DO NOT delete these entries if provisioning is required. Provisioning entries may be
updated with FindMe information if required.
name = N/A. DO NOT delete these entries if provisioning is required. Provisioning entries may be
updated with FindMe information if required.
11. Check that other configuration (including Zone configuration, Transforms configuration and other
configuration for items from the System Configuration, VCS Configuration and Application menus)
is as expected.
is as expected.
Complete the Cisco TMS upgrade
On Cisco TMS
1. Select:
Administrative Tools > Configuration > TMS Agent Settings.
In the Global (applied to all agents) section
a. Set
Authentication Enabled to Yes
b. Set up the TMS Agent LDAP Configuration Password
c.
Set up the TMS Agent LDAP Replication Password
Note: It is recommended that the LDAP Configuration Password and the LDAP Replication Password
are set to different values.
are set to different values.
d. Click
Save.
Cisco TMS will update the password on the local TMS Agent and all TMS Agents on connected Cisco
VCSs
VCSs
2. To ensure that Cisco TMS has all the correct settings for this upgraded Cisco VCS, force a
refresh of Cisco TMS. To do this:
a. Select
Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders) then click on the name of the
Cisco VCS.
b. Select
the
Settings tab.
c. Click
Force Refresh.
3. Repeat step 2 for every Cisco VCS managed by Cisco TMS.
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