Migrating Communication Manager 6.x or CM Simplex on survivable remote template or Communication Manager 5.2.1 on S8330D to Avaya Aura Release 7.1.3 with Appliance Virtualization Platform remote deployment

About this task

The section provides the procedure to migrate Communication Manager Release 5.2.1 on S8300D or 6.x on System Platform to Avaya Aura^® Release 7.1.3 in the following configuration:

Embedded remote template on S8300D or CM Simplex with survivable remote template running on Dell™ PowerEdge™ R610, HP ProLiant DL360 G7, Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620, or HP ProLiant DL360p G8 server.
Survivable remote template does not contain Communication Manager Messaging and WebLM, and bulk of the Communication Manager configuration data is transferred from the Communication Manager main server.
Communication Manager, Utility Services, Branch Session Manager, and SAL or Services VM.

	Note
	You must have the minimum network speed of 2Mbps with up to 100ms delay (WAN).

Before you begin

Ensure that System Manager Solution Deployment Manager is available in the solution with appropriate Communication Manager licenses.
Read the Avaya Aura^® application upgrade and migration considerations.
Ensure that the applications that you want to migrate must be available in the inventory and discovered before the migration.

Procedure

Create a backup of the following Communication Manager Release 6.x and the associated applications in the survivable remote template:
1. Communication Manager
2. SAL or Services VM backup by using SAL or Services VM application utility.
3. Branch Session Manager
Create a System Platform-based backup.

You require the System Platform backup for disaster recovery purposes and to migrate the SAL Services VM data.
Record the following Communication Manager embedded main settings for Release 6.x:
- All IP addresses
- Subnetwork mask
- Gateway
- DNS
- NTP Server
On the System Manager Web console, click Solution Deployment Manager > Upgrade Management, select the Communication Manager 6.x element, and perform the following upgrade-related tasks:
1. Click Pre-upgrade Actions > Pre-upgrade Check.
  
  The preupgrade check provides the hardware requirements for Communication Manager 6.x and associated devices that you migrate and checks if Utility Services is running on the virtual machine. If Utility Services is running, remove from migration.
2. Select the Communication Manager Release 5.2.1 or 6.x system and click Upgrade Actions > Upgrade/Update.
  Solution Deployment Manager performs the following:
  - Imports the required network settings from System Platform.
  - Prompts you to fill the new attributes from OVA that are required for the deployment.
  - Creates a backup of Communication Manager Survivable remote template.
    
    Note
    
    Solution Deployment Manager does not backup Communication Manager Messaging.
On the Upgrade Configuration page, click edit.
On the Edit Upgrade Configuration page, in Service/Feature Pack for auto-install after migration, select the 7.1.3 feature pack.
On the Element Configuration tab, fill the required fields, and click Migrate to AVP install.

The system displays the AVP Configuration tab.
On the AVP Configuration tab, provide the required details.
- If you are migrating from Communication Manager Release 5.2.1 bare metal LSP to Appliance Virtualization Platform, you must configure the following fields:
  - Source Root User
  - Source Root Password
  - AVP management IPv4 Address (completely new IP address to be assigned to Appliance Virtualization Platform)
- If you are migrating from Communication Manager Release 6.x, the system displays the above fields preconfigured and prepopulated.
Click Save.
To save the configuration, click Save Configuration.

The update configuration is saved as a job in the Upgrade Jobs Status page.
On the Upgrade Configuration page, click Upgrade.
To view the upgrade status, perform the following:
1. In the navigation pane, click Upgrade Job Status.
2. In the Job Type field, click Upgrade.
3. Click the upgrade job that you want to view.
On the Upgrade Management page, click .

The Last Action column displays Upgrade, and Last Action Status column displays .

Next Steps

Note

For migrating Communication Manager 6.x S8300D or CM Simplex on survivable remote template to Appliance Virtualization Platform, Utility Services element is also automatically migrated to Release 7.1.2 or later.
For migrating bare metal LSP (Communication Manager 5.2.1 on 8300D/E) to Appliance Virtualization Platform, only Communication Manager element is automatically migrated to Release 7.1.2 or later. When the migration of bare metal LSP Communication Manager 5.2.1 on 8300D/E) to Appliance Virtualization Platform is successfully completed, you must deploy Utility Services Release 7.1.0 separately and then update it to Release 7.1.2.0 or later using Solution Deployment Manager.

	Note
	Solution Deployment Manager does not backup Communication Manager Messaging.

Migrating Communication Manager 6.x or CM Simplex on survivable remote template or Communication Manager 5.2.1 on S8330D to Avaya Aura® Release 7.1.3 with Appliance Virtualization Platform remote deployment

About this task

Before you begin

Procedure

Next Steps

Migrating Communication Manager 6.x or CM Simplex on survivable remote template or Communication Manager 5.2.1 on S8330D to Avaya Aura^® Release 7.1.3 with Appliance Virtualization Platform remote deployment