Avaya DEFINITY Server R Manual page 16

Upgrading Release 9/10r to Avaya DEFINITY Server R
running Avaya MultiVantage Software
Call Management System (CMS)
The CMS link is dropped and restarted during the upgrade, causing:
Loss of CMS data. To minimize the measurement data loss, perform the
upgrade just after the last CMS measurement interval. If needed, print the
reports before starting the upgrade.
Dropped calls (call processing aborted) if a measured trunk that was part of
the conference dropped off the call before the end of the call. Customers
experiencing this symptom and who are running R3V4 CMS should update
to r3v4ao.e or higher.
7-digit dial plan expansion
The upgrade automatically converts the old Uniform Dial Plan forms to the new
forms. These forms are discussed completely in the Administrator's Guide for
Avaya MultiVantage Software.
Upgrading customers can migrate to the 6-/7-digit dial plan or not:
Customers who want to migrate to the 6-/7-digit dial plan can
— freeze their translations and send them to the TSO for conversion.
— re-administer the switch themselves (no translation freeze required).
Customers who do not want to migrate to a 6-/7-digit dial plan (want to
keep their current 4-/5-digit dial plan) experience no changes after
upgrading to Avaya MultiVantage Software. That is, if they had 4-digit
dialing before the upgrade, they have 4-digit dialing afterwards.
Software compatibility and translation errors
Before starting the upgrade, always check the Software Release Letter that
accompanies the system removable media. Translation corruption occurs if you
load incompatible software.
After loading the new software, check for translation errors. To do this, log off and
then log back in. Check for a Translation Corruption Detected message
before proceeding with the upgrade.
If the message indicates errors, do not continue with the upgrade until the errors
are corrected.
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Issue 5 October 2002
For customers who do not have optical drives, Avaya must migrate
those translations to customer-compatible media.
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