Vocera Cluster Upgrade Checklist

This section provides a high-level checklist for upgrading from your current Vocera Voice Server cluster to a Vocera 5.3.1 cluster.

For more details on the upgrade steps in this checklist, see Upgrade Consideration for a Cluster: Planned Downtime.

If you are upgrading with new machines, see Active and Inactive Node Order.

Table 1. Cluster Upgrade Checklist
   
checkbox Make sure your hardware and operating system are capable of supporting Vocera 5.3.1. See the Vocera Voice Server Sizing Matrix.
checkbox Confirm that the Vocera Voice Server is set up properly. See Preparing the Vocera Voice Server.
checkbox Back up your Vocera Voice Server data. See Backing up Vocera Data.
checkbox If your current Vocera Voice Server installation has customized properties files, back up the files to a flash drive or to a temporary location on a network drive. After you install Vocera 5.3.1, you will need to merge the changes into the corresponding file on your upgraded servers. See Upgrading Properties Files.
checkbox If Vocera Report Server is running, shut it down.
checkbox Make sure Vocera badges are configured with the correct comma-separated list of IP addresses in the Vocera Server IP Address property. If necessary, use the Badge Properties Editor to update the badge.properties file on every cluster node. For details, see the Vocera Device Configuration Guide.
checkbox Shut down the standby Vocera Voice Server to make it inactive. If there are multiple standby Vocera Voice Servers, shut down ALL of them.
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Upgrade the Vocera Voice Server on one of the inactive nodes.

Note: If your current Vocera installation had a modified Properties.txt file, merge the changes into the corresponding file on your new server.
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Shut down the following:
  • Vocera Client Gateway
  • Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway
checkbox Shut down the active node of the Vocera Voice Server cluster.

Make sure a Vocera Voice Server node that has been updated to version 5.3.1 is now active.

checkbox Upgrade Vocera SIP Telephony Gateway and Vocera Client Gateway to version 5.3.1, as appropriate.
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Update other standby nodes to version 5.3.1.

Note: If your current Vocera installation had a modified Properties.txt file, merge the changes into the corresponding file on your new server.
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Update Client devices and the Vocera Badge with the latest firmware. See the Vocera Device Configuration Guide, Vocera Collaboration Suite Apple iOS User Guide, and Vocera Collaboration Suite Android User Guide.

checkbox Upgrade Vocera Report Server as appropriate. See Upgrading Vocera Report Server.
checkbox Upgrade Vocera Administration Interface (VAI) applications as appropriate. See Upgrading Vocera Administration Interface Applications.
checkbox Perform the post-installation tasks to completely migrate your data to Vocera 5.3.1: