Cisco Prime Update 3.3 to 3.8 Procedure

[IrfanCemalNURSACAN4989]

Hi;

Our customer has prime 3.3 version. How can we update to the 3.8 version as quickly as possible.

how is the process

[marce1000]

 - As quickly as possible depends on you. Read the Release Notes and get acquainted with the install and upgrade procedures and requirements. Note the following items especially :

  https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/3-8/quickstart/guide/bk_Cisco_Prime_Infrastructure_3_8_0_Quick_Start_Guide.html#task_1070867

 And from : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/3-8/release/notes/bk_Cisco_Prime_Infrastructure_3_8_0_Release_Notes.html

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   If your existing Prime Infrastructure is 3.6.x or 3.7.x, and your upgrade path contains 3.4.x or earlier versions, then you cannot in-line upgrade that server to Prime Infrastructure 3.8 due to security vulnerabilities in the underlying Red Hat 6 installation. You will need to take a backup of the Prime Infrastructure 3.6.x or 3.7.x server, deploy a fresh Prime Infrastructure 3.8 server, and restore that backup into the Prime Infrastructure 3.8 server.

M.

[Leo Laohoo]

1. Export the entire 3.3 DB and backup the config. 
2. Spin up a new VM and install PI 3.8. 
3. Import the PI 3.3 into the newly spun up PI 3.8.  

[eagle05]

Can I restore backup from Prime version 3.4 to 3.9 new fresh install?

[marce1000]

 - No you can't 3.8 is a 'forced intermediary'  ,  because of a new Rehat version, check Release Notes and Installation procedures accordingly.

 M.

[eagle05]

but doing a new vm install of PI-VA-3.9.0.0.219.ova doesn't that take care of the intermediary?

[marce1000]

 - No , you can do that , but then you have to configure Prime manually again from scratch, the 3.4 restore on to that is not possible.

 M.

[eagle05]

then can I do a newly install of 3.8 will the restore from 3.4 work?  thank you

[marce1000]

 - Ref : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/3-8/release/notes/bk_Cisco_Prime_Infrastructure_3_8_0_Release_Notes.html

 >....

If your existing Prime Infrastructure is 3.6.x or 3.7.x, and your upgrade path contains 3.4.x or earlier versions, then you cannot in-line upgrade that server to Prime Infrastructure 3.8 due to security vulnerabilities in the underlying Red Hat 6 installation. You will need to take a backup of the Prime Infrastructure 3.6.x or 3.7.x server, deploy a fresh Prime Infrastructure 3.8 server, and restore that backup into the Prime Infrastructure 3.8 server.