Cisco counts an upgrade as complete only when every node has installed the inactive version, every node has switched version and rebooted, and database replication has finished.

Checked 2026-09-25

The end-to-end process for 'upgrade' is defined as all nodes completing upgrade-inactive versions, all nodes completing switch-version-reboot, and database replication completion
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
sequencing
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Release 15 and SUs as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Planning a Unified CM upgrade: source note cucm-upgrade-planning-upgrade-end-to-end-definition. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-upgrade-planning-upgrade-end-to-end-definition

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-upgrade-planning-upgrade-end-to-end-definition,
  title  = {Planning a Unified CM upgrade: source note cucm-upgrade-planning-upgrade-end-to-end-definition},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-upgrade-planning-upgrade-end-to-end-definition},
  note   = {Source note cucm-upgrade-planning-upgrade-end-to-end-definition, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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