Migration with BE6000H

[mir77ccie]

Hi Team,

We are Migrating cucm 8.5.0 version to 11.0 version

My existing one is MCS server & we are moving to BE6000H

could any body assist me how to deal with license issue.we are doing migration through PCD(Prime Collaboration Deployment)

I really appreciate if any body help me on this issue by steps its very confusing me
?

2) My second concern is when we are using the BE6000 all the 11.XX version of CUCM CUC IM&pre

is preinstall?

3)Could any body please send the excat link to download upgrade file from 8.5.0 version to CUCM 11.XX verison .

i really appreciate if any body help me on this so that my migration go very smooth.

[Aman Soi]

Hi,

Cisco PCD does not require a link.

you can refer the link

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/pcdadmin/10_5_1/CUCM_BK_U35347D2_00_pcd-administration-guide-1051/CUCM_BK_U35347D2_00_ucmap-administration-guide-1051_chapter_01.html#CUCM_RF_C1DF129A_00

Virtualization Software License Types

The VMware vSphere ESXi license is required for the physical server with ESXi that hosts the Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment virtual machine in addition to any additional physical servers with ESXI on which Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment will operate. This includes virtual machines to which Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment is migrating, installing, upgrading, or rebooting.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment is not compatible with all license types of VMware vSphere ESXi, because some of these licenses do not enable required VMware APIs.

Note	Cisco Business Edition 6000 and Cisco Business Edition 7000 servers are preinstalled with Cisco UC Virtualization Hypervisor. If you plan to use Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment with application VMs on these servers, you must substitute a higher virtualization software feature level.

The following are compatible with Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment:

• Cisco UC Virtualization Foundation (appears as “Foundation Edition” in vSphere Client)
• VMware vSphere Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Enterprise Plus Edition
• Evaluation mode license

The following are not compatible with Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment:

• Cisco UC Virtualization Hypervisor (appears as "Hypervisor Edition" in vSphere Client)
• VMware vSphere Hypervisor Edition

regds,

aman

[Jaime Valencia]

As pointed out by Aman, you should have reviewed the PCD documentation, and confirm if you can actually use it, due to the ESXi licensing required.

1 Reach out to licensing@cisco.com and they'll help you out

2 Yes, usually you get all pre-installed, won't work for PCD migration

3 You should be able to find an image in downloads @ cisco.com

https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html?i=!mmd

If you don't know the path, use the find option. Not sure why you'd want it, if you're doing a PCD migration, you need bootable media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd7dvvP103E&list=PLFuOESqSTxEvZChqWgAJanctohRMe99CR&index=10

[Deepak Rawat]

Refer to below link in order to get your licenses migrated from 8.x to 11 post successful migration on BE6K. Though it is for v10 but is still applicable for v11 as well

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/cloud-systems-management/prime-license-manager-105/118836-configure-cucm-00.html

Regards

Deepak