Hi Rob

Thanks for the info, I did just find this doc (table 5)which indicates you can do a backup on version 4.x then restore the config to a 4.3 server , unless I am reading this wrong

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

Hi Dave,

I'm not sure exactly what they mean by that reference in Table 5 ?? But I do know that a BARS Restore checks to make sure that CCM versions match including SR's. If there is a version mismatch the restore will fail for sure. Here is one such reference;

***Note: If the backed-up version of Cisco Unified CallManager does not match the version that is current running in the cluster, you cannot perform a BARS restore. In this situation, you must reinstall Cisco Unified CallManager on every server in the cluster and proceed to reconfigure the system manually.***

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/bars/4_0_12/restore1.html

Hope this helps!

Rob

yes you can, at certain point during the CUCM 4.3(1) install you will be prompted whether it will be a new install or an upgrade, if you select upgrade it will ask for the backup file to restore the data.

similar process to a 5.x or 6.x process since it requires a new install because there is no upgrade to 2003.1.1

HTH

javalenc

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Hi Dave/Jaime,

Dave, I did not realise this had ever changed ( I'm a fool) but this does work more like a 5.x or 6.x upgrade using the BARS .tar file WOW!!. Jaime, this is really quite the cool method (+5 points for this excellent info;

Dave here is the section of the install that refers to this;

Step 10 In the Server type window, choose the Publisher radio button and click Next.

Step 11 In the Install type window, choose the Upgrade from 3.3, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 release radio button, enter the path to the Cisco Unified CallManager backup file in the Backup Archive File field, and click Next.

The system validates the archive file.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/upgrade/4_3_1/upgrfrom.html#wp1039540

You learn something new every day :)

Rob

indeed Rob =) we had quite a hard time when 4.3(1) was released because the guides were not consistent on which upgrade method should be used. initially the old process of migrate same version to new HW and upgrade was mentioned, but other guides mentioned "no upgrade to 2003.1.1" so we were like: mmm, ok, 2003.1.1 only supports 4.3(1) and new installs... but i need to install an older version... so... mmm how am i supposed to do this???? i cannot install an older OS because i cannot upgrade!!!

then later the guides were updated to show that the upgrade process was to take the backup file and during the install you would be prompted for it to migrate the data.

personally i haven't worked with this version more than 10 minutes and since the upgrade process is quite similar to linux versions i usually recommend everyone to go to a 5.x or even better a 6.x if i need to do the same stuff for the install or upgrade with 4.3 than with later versions.

javalenc