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Upgrade an X5.0 cluster to an X5.2 cluster
Upgrade Cisco VCS clusters to X5.2
Upgrade master peer
For the master peer in the cluster:
1. Backup the Cisco VCS (see “Appendix 1 – Backing up a Cisco VCS” for details).
1. Backup the Cisco VCS (see “Appendix 1 – Backing up a Cisco VCS” for details).
2. Enable maintenance mode. From the Cisco 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).
and click Unregister).
5. Turn off Cisco TMS data replication.
In Cisco TMS:
a. Select
Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders).
b. Select the Master Cisco VCS of the cluster.
c. Select
the
Clustering tab.
d. Clear
the
Enable TMS Agent Data Replication on all Cluster Peers check box.
e. Click
Save Cluster Settings.
f. Select
the
TMS Agent tab
g. Ensure
that
Enable Configuration Replication from TMS is not selected.
h. Click
Save Settings.
Note: This disables database replication from Cisco TMS to each cluster peer.
Provisioning data will no longer be updated from Cisco TMS to the Cisco VCSs, however
provisioning of endpoints from data cached on Cisco VCSs not in maintenance mode will
continue.
provisioning of endpoints from data cached on Cisco VCSs not in maintenance mode will
continue.
Cisco VCS cluster configuration replication will continue.
Cisco VCS FindMe replication among Cisco VCS peers will continue.
6. Upgrade and restart the 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 Cisco VCS’s provisioning functionality.
Provisioning is restored when Enable TMS Agent Data Replication is enabled.
7. If FindMe or Device Provisioning is enabled, enable replication on this upgraded master Cisco
VCS peer.
On Cisco TMS:
On Cisco TMS:
a. Select
the
TMS Agent tab for the master Cisco VCS.
b. Select
Enable TMS Agent Data Replication.
c. Select
Enable Authentication.
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