Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1

What is P2V, please explain?

 
Thanks,
Zubair Syed
Specialist Network
Engineer
LinkedIn:http://uk.linkedin.com/in/zubairsyed
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Sent: Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 15:50
Subject:
Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1
 

If you have a current ACS SmartNet contract
(4.2), they will provide the links for you so that you can upgrade to the
existing version. Otherwise, it's EOL/EOS and they are unwilling to help.
 
What about a P2V so that you can duplicate your environment as a staging
location in a VM?
 
 
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From: Zubair Syed <zubair.syed01_at_yahoo.com>
To: Jay
McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS
4.1

Hi Jay,

The problem is that I have ACS 3.3 running on an appliance and
don't have a 3.3 CD, do you know if there is a link where I can download a 3.3
trial version for windows.
 
Thanks,
Zubair Syed
Specialist Network Engineer
LinkedIn:http://uk.linkedin.com/in/zubairsyed

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To: Zubair Syed <zubair.syed01_at_yahoo.com>; Daniel
Kratz <dkratz_at_gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 15:37
Subject:
Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1

If you are willing to to do this in
production, yes, you can install 4.1.1.24 on top of your 3.3 install and it
will upgrade the database. This isn't recommended, but if you do it this way,
I would backup the database in 3.3 format first and copy it off the production
server.

 
 
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From: Zubair Syed <s_zubair82_at_yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December
28, 2011 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1

Hi Guys,

Thanks for
the response, it looks like that there is no way I can import the 3.3 database
to 4.1, is it correct? if YES then it means I have to install 3.3 on a
separate virtual server and then upgrade it to 4.1 and during 4.1 installation
it will ask me to keep the existing database?

 
Thanks,
Zubair Syed
Specialist Network Engineer
LinkedIn:http://uk.linkedin.com/in/zubairsyed
From: Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>
To: Daniel Kratz
<dkratz_at_gmail.com>
Cc: Zubair Syed <s_zubair82_at_yahoo.com>;
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Sent: Wednesday, 28
December 2011, 14:28
Subject: 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?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Zubair Syed
>>
Specialist Network Engineer
>> LinkedIn:http://uk.linkedin.com/in/zubairsyed
>>
>>
>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>>
>>
Received on Wed Dec 28 2011 - 08:00:18 ART