Release 3.0 Upgrade Scenarios - Avaya g700 Installation And Upgrades

Upgrading an existing S8300A to R3.0 using the Wizards
If upgrading both the primary controller and the LSP, the LSP must be upgraded first.
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Then, with Communication Manager turned off on the LSP, the primary controller is
upgraded.
Do not save translations on an LSP.
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CAUTION:
These upgrade procedures require remastering the hard drive on the S8300B.
CAUTION:
This can result in a service interruption of 3–4 hours, or up to 6 hours if IA770 is
being used.
Tip:
You may skip some of the procedures described in this chapter depending on the
Tip:
upgrade scenario. Watch for the skip to instructions.
Note:
Because of the replacement of the S8300A and the reformatting of the S8300B
Note:
hard drive, the Avaya Installation Wizard (IW) cannot support upgrades of
Communication Manager to release 3.0 when starting with the S8300A version.
However, the IW can still be used to configure the S8300B after the remastering
process, and the IW or the Upgrade Tool can still be used for the media gateway
and media module firmware upgrades.

Release 3.0 upgrade scenarios

The upgrade procedures are slightly different depending on the upgrade scenario. The main
differences between the scenarios are summarized in
procedures.
Table 11: Release 3.0 upgrade scenarios
Upgrade From
R 1.x
R 2.x
212 Installation and Upgrades for Avaya G700 Media Gateway and Avaya S8300 Media Server
S8300 B Hard Drive has
Remastering Software
Only
Linux Migration backup
Remaster and upgrade
View/Restore Data
Backup Now
Remaster and upgrade
View/Restore Data
Move hard drive from A to B
Table 11 and are noted in the detailed
S8300 B Hard Drive has
R2.x Software Installed
Linux Migration backup
Upgrade
View/Restore Data
Backup Now
Upgrade
View/Restore Data
Upgrade