one quick question - I'm expecting this will be buried in here somewhere, but, do you generally run the DMA tool/cd/script first? (or not) BEFORE running the new install of CCM v6 ?

Hi David,

Good question :) This is buried in one of the great docs from Chris;

You must install and run DMA on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager publisher server before you upgrade to Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1(2).

Hope this helps!

Rob