upgrade from cisco callmanger 5.X to CUCM 8.X

[alinasery62]

hello everybody

could you tell me what step need to upgrade from callmanager 5 to CUCM 8 and

can i upgrade directly from 5 to 8  or i need upgrade to another release before upgrade to 8?

i have 1000 license units and 2 ccm node license for callmanager 5 ,  what license should i purchase for upgrade?

thanks for your questions

[Jaime Valencia]

You cannot upgrade directly, review all requirements here

Supported Servers for Releases of Cisco Unified  Communications Manager, Cisco Intercompany Media Engine and Session  Manager Edition

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6790/ps5748/ps378/prod_brochure0900aecd8062a4f9.html

Supported Cisco Unified Communications Manager Upgrades

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/compat/ccmcompmatr.html#wp43011

HTH

java

[alinasery62]

so should i upgrade to 6 or 7 and then to 8?

do you now any document that completely explain the process of migration from 5 to 8?

and what about licenses? what licenses i need?

thanks

[nitsinha · Accepted solution]

Check the following CUCM upgrade tool. Just put in your current and destination versions and it will let you know whether direct upgrade is possible or step upgrade is the only way. It will help you out with licensing part as well. Explore the link

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/products_tech_note09186a0080b31514.shtml

Hope that helps

Regards

Nitesh

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[alinasery62]

thanks Nitesh Sinha for your very helpful link.

[Jaime Valencia · Accepted solution]

Yes, you need to be on 6.X or 7.X to upgrade to 8.X, there's no direct upgrade from 5.X

No, there's no link that will give you all the steps from 5.X to 8.X.

The steps are:

a) Choose whether you're upgrading to 6.X or 7.X as the middle step and follow the upgrade link for the version.

b) Once you're on 6.X/7.X follow the upgrade guide for 8.X

If you've done any upgrade before it's exactly the same thing.

The process would be just slightly different if you're going to UCS, but there's a document that covers upgrading to 8.X on UCS where all the other install and upgrade guides are.

DLUs and Node licenses will be migrated with the upgrade, but you'll need to get a SW feature license for the 8.X version you're going to.

HTH

java

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