Cisco Systems Managing Cisco Unity Connection Server: License, Upgrade, and CLI Commands

Chapter 5 Maintaining Cisco Unity Connection Server

Migrating a Physical Server to a Virtual Machine

•Time zone

•NTP server

•DHCP settings

•Primary DNS settings

•SMTP hostname

•X.509 Certificate information (Organization, Unit, Location, State, and Country).

Step 4 Configure the cluster on the replaced publisher server:

a.Sign in to Cisco Unity Connection Administration on the publisher server.

b.Expand System Settings and select Cluster.

c.On the Find and List Servers page, select Add New.

d.On the New Server Configuration page, in the Hostname/IP Address field, enter the hostname or IP address of the subscriber server. Enter the description and select Save.

Step 5 If Unity Connection is installed as a cluster, you can restore the publisher using the subscriber data.

a.Run the utils cuc cluster renegotiate CLI command on the subscriber server. The publisher automatically restarts after running this command.

b.Run the show cuc cluster status CLI command on the subscriber server to confirm that the new Unity Connection cluster is configured correctly.

Replacing a Subscriber Server

While you are upgrading the subscriber server in a Unity Connection cluster, the publisher server continues to provide services to users and callers.

To Replace a Subscriber Server

Step 1 Manually change the status of publisher server to Primary:

a.Sign in to Cisco Unity Connection Serviceability.

b.Expand Tools and select Cluster Management.

c.On the Cluster Management page, from the Server Manager menu, locate the publisher server and check the following:

•If the publisher server status is Primary, skip the remaining steps in this procedure.

•If the publisher server status is Secondary, change the status by selecting Make Primary.

•If the publisher has Deactivated status, change the status to Secondary and select Activate. A prompt appears to confirm the changing of the server status, select OK. After successful activation of the publisher server, change the status to Primary by selecting Make Primary option.

Step 2 Manually change the status of subscriber server to Deactivated:

a.Sign in to the Real-Time Monitoring Tool, expand <Unity Connection> option and select Port Monitor.

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