Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1

I just completed a project where we upgraded 2 dozen of our ACS boxes Globally to 4.2, and then consolidated them down and upgraded again to ACS 5.2. The steps are below for your process.

1- Export your database
2- Install 3.3 on a clean server or VM.(Or perform an inplace upgrade on your existing 3.3 box- not recommended).
3- Import your database
4- Install The mandatory upgrade paths, starting with 4.1.1.24. The upgrade levels are:
3.3 to 4.1.1.24
4.2.0 to 4.2.1
5- Uninstall 3.3 on your production box, and install 4.2.1. Import your database.
6- Done!

Good luck. It's pretty simple and straight forward if you stick to the software platform upgrade levels.

Regards,
Jay McMickle- CCNP,CCSP,CCDP
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On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:56 AM, Daniel Kratz <dkratz_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Zubair,
>
> I did this upgrade some years ago. At that time we are running ACS
> Appliance version 3.3 and upgraded to ACS 4.2 in some box.
>
> We did the upgrade trough an additional machine. The main steps was the
> following:
> 1) Install a new windows server and ACS 3.3 trial version
> 2) Synchronize the database of new server with the production ACS
> 3) Proceed the upgrade to ACS 4.2 trial on temporary server
> 4) Do extensive consistency tests on the upgraded database
> 5) Synchronize the upgraded ACS (trial server) with your new server.
>
> We did this process because was mandatory reimage the ACS Applience and
> we didnt find one official procedure to upgrade the database.
>
> I suppose that this procedure is not supported officially by Cisco.
>
> Regards,
> Kratz
>
>
> 2011/12/28 Zubair Syed <s_zubair82_at_yahoo.com>
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I have ACS 4.1 running on Windows Server and I need to import ACS
>> 3.3 database, please tell me what is the process?
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Zubair Syed
>> Specialist Network Engineer
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