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Install, Upgrade, and Maintenance Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 10.x
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Installing Cisco Unity Connection
Cisco Unity Connection can be deployed in either of the following ways:
• Standalone Deployment: Involves the installation of a Unity Connection as a single server.
• Cluster Deployment: Involves the installation of same version of two Unity Connection servers in
an active-active or high availability mode. During the installation of Unity Connection as a cluster,
the first server is referred to as publisher server and the second server as the subscriber server. For
more information on cluster configuration, see the Configuring Cisco Unity Connection Cluster
chapter.
Note Unity Connection 10.0(1) and later releases can only be installed on virtual machines. For more
information, see the http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Virtualization_for_Cisco_Unity_Connection.
Methods of Installation
You can use either of the following methods to install standalone or cluster server:
• Standard Installation: Allows you to manually specify the installation information, such as
hostname and IP address using installation wizard.
• Unattended Installation: Allows you to install Unity Connection using an installation disk and a
pre-configured answer file floppy diskette. The answer file has all the information required for
unattended installation. With Unity Connection 10.5(2) release, a seamless process of installation
has been introduced, which allows you to start installation on both the publisher and subscriber
servers simultaneously. The subscriber installation continues when the publisher is successfully
installed. This type of unattended installation is Touchless Installation. For more information on
Touchless Installation, see the Touchless Installation for Virtual Machine, page 1-18.
Note • You can also perform fresh installation of Unity Connection10.x and later using Cisco Prime
Collaboration Deployment. For more information on Cisco PCD, see
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime-collaboration/index.htm
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• The answer file supports only fresh installs and does not support upgrades.