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AE Services upgrade overview

Overview

This section provides upgrade and migration paths from previous versions of AE Services to AE Services 7.1.2.

Upgrade and migration paths

Refer to the following table to see the upgrade and migration paths from previous versions of AE Services to AE Services 7.1.2:

warningWarning

Configurations made after applying the SuperPatch (if available during deployment) are not retained when the SuperPatch is removed. The AE Services server data will reflect the configuration of the server immediately before the patch was installed.

Table 1. Upgrade and migration paths to AE Services 7.1.2
AE Services From Release From Offer and Deployment To: 7.1.2 Virtual Appliance To: 7.1.2 Virtualized Environment
7.1.2 Virtual Appliance
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.1.2.

  3. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1.2

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

7.1.2 Virtualized Environment
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.1.2.

  3. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take a backup of AE Services 7.1.2, and using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  2. Restore data

  3. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager:

    1. Connect the host or Vcenter to System Manager Solution Deployment Manager.

    2. Select the AE Services 7.1.2 VM. Establish a trusted connection.

    3. Go to upgrade management and upgrade AE Services to Release 7.1.3 using the upgrade option.

7.1.2 Software Only
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1.2

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1.2

  2. Using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  3. Restore data

7.1.1 Virtual Appliance
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.1.1.

  3. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1.1

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

7.1.1 Virtualized Environment
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.1.1.

  3. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take a backup of AE Services 7.1.1, and using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  2. Restore data

  3. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager:

    1. Connect the host or Vcenter to System Manager Solution Deployment Manager.

    2. Select the AE Services 7.1.1 VM. Establish a trusted connection.

    3. Go to upgrade management and upgrade AE Services to Release 7.1.3 using the upgrade option.

7.1.1 Software Only
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1.1

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1.1

  2. Using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  3. Restore data

7.1 Virtual Appliance
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.1.

  3. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

7.1 Virtualized Environment
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take a backup of AE Services 7.1, and using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  2. Restore data

  3. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager:

    1. Connect the host or Vcenter to System Manager Solution Deployment Manager.

    2. Select the AE Services 7.1 VM. Establish a trusted connection.

    3. Go to upgrade management and upgrade AE Services to Release 7.1.3 using the upgrade option.

7.1 Software Only
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.1

  2. Using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  3. Restore data

7.0.1 Virtual Appliance
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.0.1.

  3. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0.1

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

7.0.1 Virtualized Environment
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0.1

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take a backup of AE Services 7.0.1, and using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  2. Restore data

  3. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager:

    1. Connect the host or Vcenter to System Manager Solution Deployment Manager.

    2. Select the AE Services 7.0.1 VM. Establish a trusted connection.

    3. Go to upgrade management and upgrade AE Services to Release 7.1.3 using the upgrade option.

7.0.1 Software Only
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0.1

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0.1

  2. Using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  3. Restore data

7.0 Virtual Appliance
  1. Go to Upgrade Management, and then select AE Services 7.0.

  2. Use the upgrade option to upgrade to AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

7.0 Virtualized Environment
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to AVP server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take a backup of AE Services 7.0, and using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3 and restore data.

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager:

    1. Connect the host or Vcenter to System Manager Solution Deployment Manager.

    2. Select the AE Services 7.1.3 VM. Establish a trusted connection.

    3. Go to upgrade management and upgrade AE Services to Release 7.1.3 using the upgrade option.

7.0 Software Only
  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform server, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3

  4. Restore data

  1. Take backup of AE Services 7.0

  2. Using vSphere client, install AE Services 7.1.3

  3. Restore data

6.x Virtualized Enterprise
  1. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  2. Take backup of AE Services 6.x

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3 on Avaya Virtualization Platform using Solution Deployment Manager

  4. Restore data on AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 6.x

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

6.x System Platform
  1. Take backup from AE Services 6.x

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3 on Avaya Virtualization Platform using Solution Deployment Manager

  4. Restore data on AE Services 7.1.3.

  1. Take backup of AE Services 6.x

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

6.x Software Only
  1. Take backup from AE Services 6.x

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3 on Avaya Virtualization Platform using Solution Deployment Manager

  4. Restore data on AE Services 7.1.3

  1. Take backup of AE Services 6.x

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data

6.x Bundled Server
  1. Take backup from AE Services 6.x

  2. Using System Manager Solution Deployment Manager, connect to Avaya Virtualization Platform, update if required

  3. Install AE Services 7.1.3 on Avaya Virtualization Platform using Solution Deployment Manager

  4. Restore data on AE Services 7.1.3

  1. Take backup of AE Services 6.x

  2. Using vSphere client, connect to ESXi host

  3. Deploy AE Services 7.1.3 OVA

  4. Restore data