Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Upgrade an X5.0 cluster to an X5.2 cluster
d. 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 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 until the activity Event completed
successfully is reported.
8. Check that the expected FindMe entries still exist on this master Cisco VCS (Maintenance >
Login accounts > User accounts).
9. 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.
10. Disable maintenance mode. From the Cisco VCS command line type:
xconfiguration SystemUnit Maintenance Mode: Off
11. 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.
Upgrade non-master peers
For each non-master peer in the cluster:
1. Enable maintenance mode. From the Cisco VCS command line type:
xconfiguration SystemUnit Maintenance Mode: On
2. 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).
terminate and click Disconnect).
3. 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).
4. Turn off Cisco TMS data replication.
In Cisco TMS:
a. Select
Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders).
b. Select
the
TMS Agent tab for this non-master Cisco VCS.
c. Ensure
that
Enable Configuration Replication from TMS is not selected.
d. Click
Save Settings.
5. 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 happen if:
reached the end; this may happen 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 the software on this Cisco VCS peer is now complete.
Note: The upgrade process disables Cisco VCS’s provisioning functionality.
Provisioning is restored when Enable TMS Agent Data Replication is enabled.
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X5)
Page 22 of 72