Before you begin
Prepare duplex Communication Manager for migration.
For more information, see Preparing duplex Communication Manager for migration.
Procedure
- Start the upgrade for the standby Communication Manager:
- On
the System Manager web console, click .
- In the left navigation pane,
click Upgrade Management.
- Perform refresh, analyze, download the entitled version,
analyze, and run the preupgrade check for the standby Communication Manager server.
After the second analyze operation, the status column displays Ready for Upgrade.
- Select the standby Communication Manager or System Platform and click .
- On the Upgrade Configuration page, click Edit.
- Schedule the upgrade of the standby Communication Manager.
- On the Upgrade Management page, in the Release Status column,
verify that the status is Paused.
- Ensure that you install the Appliance Virtualization
Platform host, and add the Appliance Virtualization
Platform host from VM Management.
- To resume the upgrade process, click .
- On the Resume Configuration, select
the Appliance Virtualization
Platform host and datastore.
- On the Upgrade Job Status page,
check the upgrade job status.
If the upgrade is successful, proceed with the next step.
- Configure the newly upgraded standby Communication Manager server by performing the following:
- Log on to the software management interface of the standby Communication Manager.
- On Communication Manager Release
7.0.1, click , and configure the following parameters:
Network Configuration
Duplication Parameters
Server role
- From the command line interface of the standby Communication Manager, perform the following:
To release the server from the busy out state, type server -r.
Type server, and ensure that the duplication
link is active and the standby server refreshes.
- From the command line interface, on the active Communication Manager, interchange the standby and active Communication Manager, type server -if.
Upgrade to Communication Manager Release 7.0 is not connection preserving.
- Start the upgrade of the current standby Communication Manager server:
- On
the System Manager web console, click .
- In the left navigation pane,
click Upgrade Management.
- Perform refresh, analyze, download the entitled version,
analyze, and run the preupgrade check for the standby Communication Manager server.
After the second analyze operation, the status column displays Ready for Upgrade.
- Click .
- On the Upgrade Configuration page, click Edit.
- Schedule the upgrade of Communication Manager.
- On the Upgrade Management page, in the Release Status column,
verify that the status is Paused.
- Ensure that you install the Appliance Virtualization
Platform host, and add the Appliance Virtualization
Platform host from VM Management.
- To resume the upgrade process, click to resume the upgrade process.
- On the Resume Configuration, select
the Appliance Virtualization
Platform host and datastore.
- Check the job status for upgrade job.
At this point, the two Communication Manager systems get upgraded.
- Configure the newly upgraded active Communication Manager server by performing the following:
- Log on to the software management interface of the active Communication Manager.
- On Communication Manager Release
7.0.1, click , and configure the following parameters:
Network Configuration
Duplication Parameters
Server role
- Type server, and ensure that
the duplication link is active and the standby server refreshes.
- Optional: To interchange the
roles of standby and active Communication Manager servers, from the command line interface of the active Communication Manager server, type server -i.
The duplication link becomes active and the standby Communication Manager server refreshes.