Upgrade S8300/G450 CM 5.2.1 to CM6

[kayata]

Hi,

How will be the process when upgrading my S8300/G450 system with CM5.2.1 to CM 6? Can I still use the same hardwares? or I need to migrate to midsize servers?

Thanks

 

[JayNEC]

If you have an S8300D you can use the same hardware. It's a reformat/reload/restore translations from backup however, the upgrade to CM6 will not preserve anything on the hard drive. You also need to apply a pre-upgrade service pack on CM5.2.1, then backup the translations - you will restore those into CM6



New England Communications

http://www.necomm.com

 

[kayata]

Hi,

Thank you! Do I need to purchase additional hardware like for session manager?

 

[JayNEC]

Yes, session manager and system manager both require hardware or virtual machines if you want them.

New England Communications

http://www.necomm.com

 

[kayata]

Is it really needed or just an option? I need to upgrade this to CM 6. What is the best way? Retain S8300D/G450 and purchase server for session and system or have MES purchase?

Regards,
rhyan

 

[montyzummer]

you can forget about system and session manager , if all you want to do is upgrade your existing equipment to r6x , system manager is for managing lots of different platforms , session manager is a sip routing engine , you require neither at the moment dont get bogged down in what you might need , if your current cm soloution works then you are good to go.

APSS (SME)
ACSS (SME)
ACIS (UC)

 

[kayata]

Hi montyzummer,

Thank you for this! But right now, my S8300D is working as SIP Server as well. That's what I need session manager only when I upgrade it?

Thank you for the help.

Rhyan

 

[montyzummer]

You can install bsm(or branch session manger) on the cm6 template, but that will depend on your enviroment are you using ses?

APSS (SME)
ACSS (SME)
ACIS (UC)

 

[kayata]

Yes, Im using SES. what will be better then?

 

[kayata]

HI,

Do I need two servers if I need Session for SIP? 1 for System Manager and 1 for Session Manager?

 

[montyzummer]

yes or you could virtualise with vm ware and sit them on one

APSS (SME)
ACSS (SME)
ACIS (UC)

 

[kayata]

Thank you. I thought its not possible to virtualize the two.