Upgrading Prime Provisioning

If you want to migrate from an existing installation to Prime Provisioning 7.2, your upgrade path depends on which release you are upgrading from. This process is described in the following sections.

Upgrade Matrix

The various possible upgrade paths are described in Table 4-1 .

Table 4-1 Upgrade Path to Prime Provisioning 7.2

Current Prime Provisioning Version

Procedure

Steps to Upgrade to Prime Provisioning 7.2
(run in order stated)
Supported Oracle Database
Supported OS
  • 6.8.2.5
  • 7.0.0.2
  • 7.1.0.2

Direct

<Prime Provisioning installation directory>/upgradeTool

Enterprise Oracle 12C

Linux (Red Hat)

  • 6.8

Upgrade to 6.8.2.5 and then to 7.2

<Prime Provisioning installation

directory>/upgradeTool

Enterprise Oracle 12C

Linux (Red Hat)

  • 6.6

Upgrade to 6.6.1.8 and upgrade to 6.8.2.5 and then follow steps to upgrade to 7.2.

<Prime Provisioning installation directory>/upgradeTool

Enterprise Oracle 12C

Linux (Red Hat)

 

  • 6.5

Upgrade to 6.5.0.9, then to 6.7.1, and then to 6.8 and upgrade to 6.8.2.5 and then follow steps to upgrade to 7.2

<Prime Provisioning installation directory>/upgradeTool

Enterprise Oracle 12C

Linux (Red Hat)

  • Prior to 4.2.5

 

E-mail isc-mktg@cisco.com for upgrade instructions

Enterprise Oracle 12C

Linux (Red Hat)

If you have an existing Prime Provisioning repository, you must upgrade it to be able to use it with Prime Provisioning 7.2, using the upgrade tool as stated in Table 4-1 .

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Noteblank.gif Understand that the only Sybase version to which you can upgrade is the embedded Sybase ASA, 11.0.1. Also, understand that Oracle testing of Prime Provisioning 7.2 has been done with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) - 64 bit Production. If you would like to use another version of Oracle 11g, see Oracle’s compatibility information.


Locating the Cisco Prime Provisioning 7.2 Upgrade Tool

To locate the Cisco Prime Provisioning 7.2 upgrade tool:

1.blank.gif Go to cd /cdrom/cdrom0

2.blank.gif Copy isc-upgrade.zip into the Prime Provisioning master machine.

3.blank.gif Unzip isc-upgrade.zip. This unzips the upgrade tool in upgradeTool directory.

4.blank.gif Go to <cd /cdrom/cdrom0>/upgradeTool/

Using the Repository Upgrade Tool

The upgrade procedure steps for the repository from earlier version to Prime Provisioning 7.2 remains the same for both Sybase and Oracle repositories.

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Noteblank.gif Before you upgrade your repository, you must have followed the steps in the Installing Prime Provisioning. You must have backed up your database, as explained in Backup and Restore of Prime Provisioning Repository. A repository can be upgraded only once. If there is any problem during upgrade, a new copy of the backed up repository is needed for subsequent upgrade attempts.


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Noteblank.gif See chapter Backup and Restore of Prime Provisioning Repository in the Administration Guide before upgrading your repository.


Upgrade your repository as follows (using the Prime Provisioning 6.3 Upgrade Tool as an example):


Step 1blank.gif Get the upgrade package upgrade package isc-upgrade.zip from the DVD:
/cdrom/cdrom0/isc-upgrade.zip
and place it on the Prime Provisioning Master machine in a directory where you can access the Prime Provisioning environment.

Step 2blank.gif Stop Prime Provisioning.
./prime.sh stop

Step 3blank.gif Unzip isc-upgrade.zip. This unzips the upgrade tool in upgradeTool directory.

Step 4blank.gif Run the upgrade script.
cd upgradeTool
./upgradeISCSchema.sh
<Prime Provisioning home>
where: <Prime Provisioning home> is the full pathname of the Prime Provisioning home directory.

Step 5blank.gif Check for a success or error message.

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Noteblank.gif After upgrading between Prime Provisioning versions, you should ensure that the cache of the Prime Provisioning client browser has been cleared or that your browser does not use the cache. This will ensure the latest Prime Provisioning images and pages are returned.