Avaya S8100 Series - Page 12

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12 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways
Starting call processing on the LSPs and ESSs, if any
(main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Logging off all administration applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Registering Avaya Communication Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Using the Upgrade Tool to upgrade Communication Manager on
Avaya S8700-Series Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
About use of the Upgrade Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Upgrade using the Upgrade Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
The need to restore IP telephone files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
TN2312AP/BP IPSI circuit pack upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Preupgrade service pack for upgrades starting from R2.x only . . . . . . . 255
Overview of the upgrade process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Upgrade tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Current configuration tasks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Connecting to the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Starting a SAT session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Checking link status with SAT (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Recording all busyouts using SAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Checking synchronization with the SAT (main server only) . . . . . . . . . 260
Disabling scheduled maintenance with the SAT (main server only) . . . . 261
Busying out MMI circuit packs with SAT for a duplicated control
network only (main server only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Checking for translation corruption with SAT (main server only) . . . . . . 262
Saving a copy of the 4600-series telephone configuration file, if
any (main server only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 263
Resolving alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Backing up recovery system files on the active server . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Verifying the backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Suppressing alarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Disconnecting from the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Connecting to the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 265
Backing up files on the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Verifying the backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Suppressing alarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Disconnecting from the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Connecting to the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 267