Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1

Hi Zubair,

When I did this upgrade, the database was migrated during the upgrade
process. All DB schema and data adjusts was done automatically during this
process.

In my case I needed to synchronize with a external ACS as an extra step...
when you work with ACS Appliance you are not able to export the entire
database, but this appears not be your scenarios...

[]4s
Kratz

2011/12/29 Zubair Syed <s_zubair82_at_yahoo.com>

> Can you please tell me how can you import 3.3 on 4.1.1.24?
>
> When I tried it, got the following error message.
>
> Number Error 1 This backup file is not for this version of CiscoSecure
> v4.1
>
> Thanks,
> Zubair Syed
> Specialist Network Engineer
> *LinkedIn: *http://uk.linkedin.com/in/zubairsyed
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>
> *To:* Zubair Syed <s_zubair82_at_yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Daniel Kratz <dkratz_at_gmail.com>; "ccielab_at_groupstudy.com" <
> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 29 December 2011, 2:49
>
> *Subject:* Re: ACS 3.3 Import on ACS 4.1
>
> Yea. You can export 3.3 and import on 4.1.1.24.
>
> Regards,
> Jay McMickle- CCNP,CCSP,CCDP
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>
> On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Zubair Syed <s_zubair82_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 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>;
> > "ccielab_at_groupstudy.com" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> > 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
> > Sent
> > from my iPhone
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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,
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> >>>
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