Source note · Planning a Unified CM upgrade
Take a fresh DRS backup just before the upgrade. Cisco cautions that an outdated backup can lose data or leave the system unrestorable.
Checked 2026-09-25
You may lose data or you may be unable to restore your system if your backup is outdated.
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Unified Communications Manager
- Subsystem
- backup
- Deployment
- on-premises
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- Release 15 and SUs as of 2026-09-25
- Checked
- 2026-09-25
Sources
- Upgrade and Migration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service, Release 15 and SUs - Pre-Upgrade Tasks (Manual Process) — Cisco Systems · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Pre-Upgrade Tasks > Back Up the System
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Planning a Unified CM upgrade: source note cucm-upgrade-planning-fresh-backup. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-upgrade-planning-fresh-backup
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-upgrade-planning-fresh-backup,
title = {Planning a Unified CM upgrade: source note cucm-upgrade-planning-fresh-backup},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-upgrade-planning-fresh-backup},
note = {Source note cucm-upgrade-planning-fresh-backup, checked 2026-09-25}
}