Cisco Systems 10.x Migrating Licenses from Cisco Unity, Migrating Licenses from Unity Connection 8.6 and Earlier Releases

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Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 10.x

Chapter6 Managing Licenses

Migrating Licenses

•Migrating Licenses from CiscoU nity, page6-3

•Migrating Licenses from Unity Connection 8.6 and Earlier Releases, page6-3

Note Before starting the migration or uploading the legacy license information, you must configure Unity

Connection with the PLM server. For more information on configuring Unity Connection with the PLM

server, see “Add Product Instance” section in “Operation” chapter of Cisco Prime License Manager User

Guide, Release 10.5(1), available at:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/plm/10_5_1/userguide/CPLM_BK_UD11

56AD_00_user-guide-rel-1051/CPLM_BK_UD1156AD_00_user-guide-rel-1051_chapter_010.html#C

PLM_TK_AA222E94_00.

Migrating Licenses from Cisco Unity

Unity Connection 7.x and later can use the existing license information in CiscoUnity when migrating

from Cisco Unity 4.x or later to Unity Connection 7.x and later. This license information helps to enable

the Unity Connection features.

For instructions on migrating from CiscoUnity 4.x or later to Unity Connection 10.x, see the Migrating

from Cisco Unity 4.x and Later to Unity Connection 7.x and Later, page5-4 section.

Migrating Licenses from Unity Connection 8.6 and Earlier Releases

You can use either of the following methods to migrate licenses from Unity Connection 8.6 and earlier

releases when upgrading to later releases of Unity Connection:

•Using COBRAS Tool, page6-3

•Using Upgrade Process, page 6-4

After uploading the legacy license information, Unity Connection is configured and synchronized with

the PLM server. Once the synchronization is completed at the PLM server, the legacy license information

for the new version of Unity Connection is sent to the PLM server for migration. Now, you can migrate

licenses through the PLM server.

Warning

If you are upgrading from Unity Connection 8.6 or earlier to later releases, you must install 8.6 licenses

before you perform the upgrade. This is because the installed license information considered as

legacy license data is required to migrate licenses. After you upgrade to Unity Connection 9.x and

later releases, you can not apply legacy licenses using the Prime License Manager.

To Migrate Licenses Using COBRAS tool

Step1 Download and start the COBRAS export tool from:

http://www.ciscounitytools.com/Applications/General/COBRAS/COBRAS.html.

Step2 In the License Details for Migration to Unity Connection 10.x and later field, select Backup Options

tab. To export the legacy license data from CiscoUnity, check the License Details for migration to

Unity Connection 10.x and later check box.