Upgrading your MSE (Licenses change)

I am writing this for myself and anyone else that might be upgrading your MSE 3355 in the future.  I found the two documents (links will need CCO account) below, but my varied a little – so here goes.  I went with the first option, since I didn’t require data migration.

 

http://tools.cisco.com/squish/B7496

 

http://tools.cisco.com/squish/F1136

 

Step one was to “back up the existing database using the Prime Infrastructure.”  There was no link or other direction on how to do this, and I didn’t feel the need, so I didn’t do it.  A link to how to do it would have been nice, however.  I believe they wanted you to log into Prime Infrastructure and go here:

Services > Mobility Services Engines > smonmsep01 > System > Maintenance > Backup Operation

 

Step two and three was Transfer the *.tar file fro 7.4.110.0 to the MSE appliance and place it in the /opt/installers folder.

The step said to use “CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.db.tar”. 

 

I found the file to be named “CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.bin.gz” on CCO, which I downloaded.  I used WinSCP to simply and painlessly FTP the file from my desktop to the MSE.  You’ll need the username, password and IP address of your MSE.

 

 

 

Step four was to decompress the file.  I used TeraTerm to SSH into the appliance.

 

[root@CiscoMSE /]# cd opt

 

[root@CiscoMSE opt]# ls (next step change to OPT)

data  installers  lsi  MegaRAID  mse  oracle  ORCLfmap

 

[root@CiscoMSE opt]# cd installers

[root@CiscoMSE installers]# ls

CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-0-201-204-64bit.bin.gz  database_installer_part2of4.zip

CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-3-101-0-64bit.bin       database_installer_part3of4.zip

CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.bin.gz    database_installer_part4of4.zip

database_installer_part1of4.zip 

 

The directions stated step four was to “Untar the file: tar -xvf CISCO-MSE-K9-7-4-110-0-64.bit-db.tar”. 

My file was .gz, so I skipped that step and when right to gunzip.

 

Now we can actually unzip the file with the gunzip command.  

 

[root@CiscoMSE installers]# gunzip CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.bin.gz

[root@CiscoMSE installers]# ls

CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-0-201-204-64bit.bin.gz  database_installer_part2of4.zip

CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-3-101-0-64bit.bin       database_installer_part3of4.zip

CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.bin       database_installer_part4of4.zip

database_installer_part1of4.zip

 

Next we change the permissions of the file so we can execute the installation.

 

[root@CiscoMSE installers]# chmod +x CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.bin

 

Now stop the MSE.

 

 

[root@CiscoMSE installers]# service msed stop

Stopping MSE Platform

Shutting down framework and services ...

Shutting down framework and services ....................

Flushing firewall rules: [  OK  ]

Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: nat filter [  OK  ]

Unloading iptables modules: [  OK  ]

 

The next step was to uninstall the existing MSE software.  There were no directions, links, etc, on how to do it, so I skipped that step and went to the next one, which was “invoke the MSE Installer”.  I will also include the output of the CLI just as a reference.  This took less than a half hour to complete.

 

[root@CiscoMSE installers]# ./CISCO-MSE-L-K9-7-4-110-0-64bit.bin

Preparing to install...

Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...

Unpacking the JRE...

Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...

Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

 

Launching installer...

 

Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation...

 

===============================================================================

Cisco Mobility Services Engine    (created with InstallAnywhere by Macrovision)

===============================================================================

Introduction

 

InstallAnywhere will guide you through the installation of Cisco Mobility

Services Engine.

 

It is strongly recommended that you quit all programs before continuing with

this installation.

 

Respond to each prompt to proceed to the next step in the installation.  If you

want to change something on a previous step, type 'back'.

 

<read this carefully>

 

Licensing on the Mobility Services Engine is enforced with the release of

software version 6.x and greater. Please have the Product Authorization Key

(PAK) and refer to the instructions in the User Guide to enable licensing.

 

PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:

 

===============================================================================

Installing MSE version: 7.4.110.0

===============================================================================

Installation Check

------------------

The system appears to have a Cisco Mobility Services Engine already installed.

If you choose "Continue", all the currently installed components will be

removed permanently (Only database and license files will be preserved).

 

  ->1- Exit

    2- Continue

 

ENTER THE NUMBER OF THE DESIRED CHOICE, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE

   DEFAULT: 2

===============================================================================

Current Role - Primary

----------------------

 

High Availability Role is currently set to Primary from previous installation.

 

If need to change role to Secondary or re-configure high availability settings,

please execute setup.sh after installation is completed.

 

PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:

 

===============================================================================

MSE Startup

-----------

 

Would you like the Cisco Mobility Services Engine to startup automatically at

system boot up?

 

  ->1- Yes

    2- No

 

ENTER THE NUMBER OF THE DESIRED CHOICE, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE

   DEFAULT: 1

 

===============================================================================

Pre-Installation Summary

------------------------

 

Please Review the Following Before Continuing:

 

Product Name:

    Cisco Mobility Services Engine

 

Install Folder:

    /opt/mse

 

Link Folder:

    /tmp

 

Disk Space Information (for Installation Target):

    Required:  2,570,778,828 bytes

    Available: 497,276,530,688 bytes

 

PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:

 

===============================================================================

Installing...

 

[==================|==================|==================|==================]

[------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------]

 

===============================================================================

Database Installation

 

The installer will now install the database. This may take a long time (up to

30 minutes). Do not cancel the installer.

 

PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:

 

===============================================================================

!!!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!!! :

--------------------------

 

The system is minimally configured right now. It is strongly recommended that

you run the setup script under /opt/mse/setup/setup.sh to configure all

appliance related parameters immediately after installation is complete.

 

The hostname must be set correctly on the system. The Cisco MSE platform will

NOT start if it is configured incorrectly or not configured at all.

 

Additionally, it is strongly recommended that the Cisco MSE be configured to

use the same NTP servers as the controllers with which it will be synchronized.

This is essential to the correct operation of the Cisco Mobility Services

Engine.

 

Both these parameters may be configured as part of the setup script.

 

PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:

 

===============================================================================

Installation Complete

---------------------

 

Congratulations. Cisco Mobility Services Engine has been successfully installed

to:

 

/opt/mse

 

Licensing on the Mobility Services Engine is enforced with the release of

software version 6.x and greater. Please have the Product Authorization Key

(PAK) and refer to the instructions in the User Guide to enable licensing.

 

PRESS <ENTER> TO EXIT THE INSTALLER: [root@CiscoMSE installers]#

 

Just a note about this:  I didn’t see the MSE come back to life.  I had to restart the service.  Command is “service msed start”

 

[root@CiscoMSE /]# service msed start

 

Starting MSE Platform

 

Flushing firewall rules:                                   [  OK  ]

Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter                    [  OK  ]

Unloading iptables modules:                                [  OK  ]

Starting Health Monitor, Waiting to check the status.

Health Monitor successfully started

Starting Admin process...

Started Admin process.

Starting database ....

Database started successfully. Starting framework and services .................

Framework and services successfully started

[root@CiscoMSE /]#

 

Now to check with Prime Infrastructure – which was just upgraded to 2.0 several days ago. (the reason for this upgrade)

 

 

 

Here’s a screenshot from this link:

 

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/mse/3350/release/notes/mse_7_4_110_0.html#wp1233900