November 16, 2017
Performing upgrades and migrations of CUCM has always been a long, manual process that required lots of staging and prepping as well as after-hours work. With the release of version 10.X Collaboration Suite, a product called Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment (PCD) was released.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment is an application designed to assist in the management of Unified Communications applications. It allows the administrator to deploy, upgrade, migrate, re-ip, and move from physical to virtual hardware.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment Has Four Primary, High-Level Functions
- Migrate an existing cluster of Unified Communications (UC) servers to a new cluster (this may be MCS to virtual or virtual to virtual).
- Perform operations on existing clusters (8.6.1 or higher). Examples include: upgrade, switch version, restart.
- Change IP addresses or Hostnames in the cluster on existing Release 10.0(1) clusters.
- Fresh install a new Release 10.x Unified Communications cluster.
PCD is deployed as a virtual machine with very minimal specs.
| Requirement | Notes |
| Product | Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment |
| Version | 10.5(1) |
| CPU | 2 vCPUs |
| Memory | 4 GB (RAM) |
| Hard Drive | 80 GB (one) |
| Licensing | Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment doesn’t require a license |
Once PCD is installed and configured, it can be used to perform a variety of tasks cutting down on the amount of time and frustration of a large manual migration.
PCD Works with the Following Products and Allows the Below Tasks to Be Performed
Cluster Discovery
- Unified CM Releases Supported: 6.1(5), 7.1(3), 7.1(5), 8.0(1-3), 8.5(1), 8.6(1-2), 9.0.(1), 9.1(1), 9.1(2), 10.0(1), 10.5(1-2), 11.0(1), 12.0(1)
- Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) Releases Supported: 8.5(x), 8.6(x)
- Cisco Unified CM – IM and Presence Releases Supported: From 9.0(1), 9.1(1), 10.x, 11.0(1), 11.5(1) to 10.x, 11.x, 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: 8.5(1), 9.0, 9.0(2), and 10.x, 11.x, 12.x
Migration Cluster (Install Application and Import Data from Old System)
- Unified CM Releases Supported: From 6.1(5), 7.1(3), 7.1(5), 8.0(1-3), 8.5(1), 8.6(1-2), 9.0.(1), 9.1(1), 9.1(2), 10.0(1), 10.5(1), 10.5(2), 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1) to 10.x, 11.x, or 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) Releases Supported: From 8.6(3), 8.6(4), 8.6(5) to 10.x, 11.x, or 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified CM – IM and Presence Releases Supported: From 9.0(1), 9.1(1), 10.x, 11.x, or 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: Migration Not Supported
Upgrade Cluster – (Upgrade Application Version or Install COP Files)
- Unified CM Releases Supported: From 8.6(1-2), 9.0.(1), 9.1(1), 9.1(2), 10.0(1), 10.5(1), 10.5(2), 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1) to 10.x, 11.x, or 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) Releases Supported: From 8.6(3), 8.6(4), 8.6(5) to 10.x, 11.x, or 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified CM – IM and Presence Releases Supported: 9.0(1), 9.1(1), 10.x
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: From 9.0(2), 10.x, 11.x to 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x.
Restart Task
- Unified CM Releases Supported: 8.6(1-2), 9.0.(1), 9.1(1), 9.1(2), 10.0(1), 10.5(1), 10.5(2), 11.01(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) Releases Supported: 8.6(3), 8.6(4), 8.6(5)
- Cisco Unified CM – IM and Presence Releases Supported: 9.0(1), 9.1(1), 10.x
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: From 9.0(2), 10.x, 11.x, to 10.x, 11.x, 12.x
Switch Version Task
- Unified CM Releases Supported: 8.6(1-2), 9.0.(1), 9.1(1), 9.1(2), 10.0(1), 10.5(1), 10.5(2), 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1).
- Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) Releases Supported: 8.6(3), 8.6(4), 8.6(5)
- Cisco Unified CM – IM and Presence Releases Supported: 9.0(1), 9.1(1), 10.x
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: 9.0(2), 10.x, 11.x, 12.x
Fresh Install New Cluster or Edit or Expand an Existing Cluster
- Unified CM Releases Supported: 10.x, 10.5(1-2), 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1).
- IM and Presence Releases Supported: 10.x
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: 10.5(x), 11.x, 12.x
Readdress Task (Change Hostname or IP Addresses for One or More Nodes in a Cluster)
- Unified CM Releases Supported: 10.x, 11.0(1), 11.5(1), 12.0(1).
- IM and Presence Releases Supported: Readdress Not Supported
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Releases Supported: 10.5(x), 11.x, 12.x
Need more information? Read Cisco’s Prime Collaboration Deployment Administration Guide, Release 10.0(1).
In the past, the above tasks have always been time consuming and hard to plan. Using PCD simplifies some administration tasks and brings them into a single pane of glass.
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