Contents
8 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways
Configuring the network parameters (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Verifying connectivity to the network server (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Installing postupgrade service pack, if any, on media server . . . . . . . . 171
Verifying installation of the service pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Restoring the Linux migration backup files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Verifying date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Verifying software operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Checking system status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Releasing the standby media server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Interchanging the media servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Installing the new license and Avaya authentication files on newly
active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Disconnecting from the active media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Upgrade tasks (second media server) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Connecting to the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Copying preupgrade service pack(s) to the standby media server . . . . . 177
Busying out the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Verifying software operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Installing the preupgrade service pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Verifying connectivity to customer network server (optional) . . . . . . . . 179
Backing up the system files using Linux Migration—Backup . . . . . . . . 179
Erasing the MBR on the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Inserting the Communication Manager CD-ROM into the media server. . . 182
Rebooting the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Verifying reboot progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Installing Communication Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Accessing the media server maintenance web interface. . . . . . . . . . . 184
Verifying software operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Copying files to the media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Selecting media server type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Configuring the network parameters (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Verifying connectivity from the network server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Verifying connectivity to the network server (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Installing postupgrade service pack, if any, on media server . . . . . . . . 188
Verifying service pack installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Restoring the Linux migration backup files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Verifying date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Verifying software operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Checking system status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Releasing the standby media server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Disconnecting from the standby media server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192