Upgrade CCM 4.1 to CUCM 8.5

[Magesh G.]

Hi,

      We are planning to  migrate the existing licenses and Data from CCM 4.1   to  a New MCS Server with  CUCM 8.5 .

The old server is end of life and no valid SMARTNET.

1.What are the items to be ordered ?

2. What is the procedure for migrating  data & license to the new server ?

Thanks ,

[skilambi]

You don't specify whether they have UCSS or not. If they don't have UCSS use either 3x3 or CUWL for migration

Check the OG for details

http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/partner/WWChannels/technology/ipc/downloads/ip_comm_og_ucl_based_1021.pdf

For the upgrade check the upgrade guides for details

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_installation_guides_list.html

Srini

[cnuche]

Hi,

You will need to order an upgrade Kit for CUCM 8x, here you can find the ordering guide:

http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/sell/technology/ipc/uc_tech_readiness.html#~7

If you require assistance with the BoM or part numbers, please contact partner helpline:

www.cisco.com/go/ph

Now regarding the upgrade process, you will need to use the DMA (data migration assistant), for CUCM 7.1.3 since there is no direct upgrade from CCM 4x to CUCM 8x

The DMA will copy the DB info and reorganize it on the new DB format and give you a tar file and a file that you will need to upload to cisco.com in order to get a licence file for the current devices that you have on CCM 4x

www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/dma/7_1_3/dma-rel_note-713.html

Once you have this, you will need to build your new 7.1.3 server and select the option 'upgrading from windows'

This will ask you for the tar file (DMA file) you can use an FTP to point the installer to the file.

Once the CUCM 7.1.3 is installed you can upgrade to 8x using the files on cisco.com or the DVD from the upgrade Kit.

If this helps please rate!

Regards,

Christian Nuche

PDI HD Team.

www.cisco.com/go/pdihelpdesk

[Jeffrey Ness]

On the license side there is a form for automatically generating the 7.x license (which you need to do before migrating to 8.x):

www.cisco.gom/go/license

Scroll down and click on:

Register for Upgrade/Migrate License

CUCM is an option. The DMA tool on Windows will prestage your license file (make sure the mac address is right) otherwise you can also get it from the 7.x publisher once installed and DMA run as part of the install wizard.

You will need to go through the normal license process for registering the PAK code from the CUCM 8.5 media you get sent so that you have the 8.x feature license for CUCM.

I did a similar migration about 2 months ago from 4.2(3b) -> 8.5(1)SU1 and it went pretty smoothly. There is a migration guide http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/upgrade/7_1_2/upgrd712.html from 4.x to 7.1(2) that covers a lot of good points of the overall process.