04-07-2011 05:32 AM
Hi,
Can anyone tell me if there is an upgrade path to go from 4.2.1/6.2.1 to 6.3.1 and if so does anyone know of any documentation that details the upgrade process?
The exact versions I am running are:
Cisco_VSBWT-6.2.1-12d Cisco_VSBase-6.2.1-12d Cisco_VSDocs-6.2.1-12d Cisco_VSDrivers-6.2.1-12d Cisco_VSMS-6.2.1-12d Cisco_VSOM-4.2.1-14 Cisco_VSRecorder-6.2.1-12d Cisco_VSTools-6.2-12
I also need to upgrade the camera firmware on the Pelco IP110 and Axis 215 PTZ, is there any issues with taking these units up to the latest available firmware from the relevant manufacturer?
Many thanks
Neil
04-07-2011 06:17 AM
Hi Neil,
http://www.ciscoet.com/resourcelib.asp?id=1200
This document details the steps to upgrade to VSM 6.3.1.
Regards,
Aditya Raghavan
04-12-2011 09:44 AM
Ni Neil,
If you have had an opportunity to read the doc suggested earlier, you can see the upgrade process itself is not complex. You do not upgrade the OS itself, you only need remove the java version (assuming you run VSOM on that server as well as VSMS), remove the old rpm packages and install the new ones. The final step for a server running VSOM involvs running a database update script which will walk through incrementally changing the database schema to match that required for the latest version of VSOM.
The instructions caution that you should take a configuration backup of your VSMS server as well as a database backup of VSOM. You do not restore either backup at the end of this upgrade process, but having them ensures you can get back to your old system state should you want to downgrade.
I hope that helps,
Jim
04-12-2011 10:45 AM
Hello,
You can also greatly simplify the upgrade process with the Cisco VSM Software Assistant 6.3.1 at the following link:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-14917
Sean
05-04-2011 04:05 AM
Hi,
Thanks for the help so far. I seem to have run into a small problem, when I run the script it kicks off OK but seems to have a problem locating the VSOM zip file. I've located the files in a folder under root and I can run the script but when it asks if I want to do a clean install or upgrade, I choose the upgrade option and it tells me it can't find the VSOM zip file. The zip files are all in the same folder as the script.
Any ideas?
Regards
Neil
05-15-2011 05:42 PM
Hi Neil,
I looked through Sean's script to see where the VSOM fail message appears. I think you must be failing at this part of the script:
# Function - Check to see if VSOM file is present
isvsompresent () {
ls Cisco_VSOM-6.3.1-*.zip
i=$?
if [ $i = 0 ]
then
echo "VSOM 6.3.1 software present for upgrade."
echo
else
echo
echo "There is no Cisco_VSOM-6.3.1 zip file in the directory."
echo
echo "Please download VSOM 6.3.1 from cisco.com and load on this server so"
echo "VSOM can be upgraded to the most current release."
echo
exit 1
fi
}
Is that the error message you encounter? The function checks for the presence of a file named Cisco_VSOM-6.3.1-*.zip. If you already unzipped the contents and placed them in your directory under root, that could be one possible cause (or if you renamed the zip so that it does not begin with Cisco_VSOM-6.3.1-).
I hope that helps,
Jim
05-18-2011 05:51 AM
Hi Neil,
Sorry Neil for the delay, I missed your post.
As long as the software .zip file and the script are in the same directory, and there are no spaces in the directory path, it should find the file. Can you CD into the directory where all the files are and send me the output of the following command?:
prompt# ls -l
Thanks,
Sean
07-07-2011 10:22 PM
Hello,
sorry for jumping in.
I have a relevant question to the upgrading:
How much time is needed for a 4RU VSMS+VSOM to be upgraded ?
Also, does the camera upgrading take time as well?
Thank you
07-09-2011 09:51 AM
Hello,
If you have 2500 cameras or 2XXX series dome cameras that are running 1.X firmware, then I would first upgrade them to 2.X firmware or higher. Then you can use the Cisco VSM Software Assistant to upgrade to either 6.3.1 or 6.3.2. You can use the vscheck command to verify the components you have installed, and as long as you have the .zip file for each component currently installed on the server, then the actual upgrade process using the script will only take approximately 5 to 15 minutes, depending on how many cameras are configured on the media server.
Hope this helps,
Sean
07-10-2011 02:44 AM
Hi Sean,
Thank you for replying in time!
So, as a generaly sum up:
Our CCTV network consists of 4RU VSMS+VSOM server, 2421 dome and 4500HD camera.
First Step: If the cameras are running under version 1.x , then upgrade all of them to 2
Second: Upgrade the VSMS servers to 6.3.2
Third: Issue the vscheck in order to upgrade the cameras from the VSMS.
Is this correct?
Do you know how much time is needed for the VSMS to be upgraded??
Thanking you
07-10-2011 07:09 AM
Hey there,
Hope this helps clear things up. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thank you,
Sean
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