CUC License error after migrating CUC version 8.6 (MCS) to a UCS Server (Virtualize)

[ccg-collab1]

Hi All,

We are migrating our CUC version 8.6 installed in MCS Server to a UCS Server. We already successfully install a CUC version 8.6 to the US Server and DRS Backup was successfully restored to it. However, upon checking the information under License of CUC, i found the error below. Do we need to request a rehosting of license? Appreciate your advise to properly complete the migration before we upgrade the CUC to 11.5. Thank you so much.

[Jaime Valencia]

Yes, you need to reach out to licensing to have it rehosted

[ccg-collab1]

Thanks for the response Jaime. We will request assistance from the licensing team and update this thread. 

[AbteenZ]

Any updates on this? as I'm going to do the same procedure soon and it's very confusing licensing wise.

[ccg-collab1]

Hi Abtin.yazdani,

After you migrated/installed CUCM and CUC version 8.6 from MCS server to the UCS Server, you need to rehost their licenses. Then proceed with the upgrade to 11.5. 

[Aman Soi]

Hi,

You can refer the link

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/8x/administration/guide/8xcucsagx/8xcucsag310.html

on MCS server, licenses are binded to MAC address of server while in VM , it is licenseMAC.

regds,

aman

[ccg-collab1]

Hi Jaime/Al,

Is it possible if i will directly upgrade the CUC and CUCM version 8.6 to 11.5 after I migrated them to a UCS Server since i will also request the migration of license once they are upgraded to 11.5? or do i need to rehost the license of CUC and CUCM 8.6 after migrating to UCS Server?

Right now, i already migrated the CUC and CUCM 8.6 on a UCS Server and restored the backup. however, the license became invalid. Since the path i will take is to upgrade them to 11.x, i would like to know if it is necessary to rehost first the license or we can now upgrade them to 11.X?

Thank you so much.