Prime LMS EOL? Migration to Prime Infrastructure???

Hi All,
I'm a little bit confused about the support for Prime LMS 4.2.5... is there any date for end of Life/end of support for LMS?
Should customers migrate to Prime Infrastructure or what does cisco recommend???
best regards

Prime LMS 4.2 is not yet End of Sales or End of Life. Cisco continues to provide support develop minor device package updates etc. for it.
It will not get another major release going forward as strategically the platform being developed for wired and wireless LAN management is Prime Infrastructure (PI).
For existing LMS customers, they are encouraged to review the current feature comparison (link) and determine which product better serves their needs given that PI 2.2 does not have feature parity with Prime LMS 4.2.5. (Even new PI customers are given a license for Prime LMS in acknowledgement of this fact. How long that continues remains to be seen.)

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Prime LMS 4.2 to Prime Infrastructure 2.0 license migration

A couple of months ago I upgraded WCS to Prime Infrastructure (WCS via NCS to PI 1.2 at that time). Meanwhile PI is running version 2.0. For some reason, when purchasing the upgrade licenses, I also got a 500 device LMS4.2 upgrade license.
The exact part numbers were:
R-W-PI12-M-K9 WCS 7.0 to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Migration
R-PI12-BASE-K9 Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Base License and Software
L-PI12-LF-500-LIC Prime Infrastructure 1.2 - Lifecycle - 500 Device Lic PAK
L-PILMS42-500-M Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 500 Device Upgrade Lic
I have a virtual LMS appliance running where I installed the 500 device license I mentioned. I've actually never used LMS but that's a different story...
As I'm running low on PI device licenses (lifecycle licenses to be precise), the question is:
Is there an officially supported scenario to migrate these 500 LMS 4.2 licenses (that are already the result of a license upgrade) to PI 2.0?
If so: what part numbers do I need to purchase? I suppose I need
R-L-PI2X-U-K9 LMS to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.x Upgrade
plus
(L-L-PI2X-500-U LMS to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.x Lifecycle Upgrade 500 Device)
XOR
(L-L-PI2X-500-UP LMS to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.x Lifecycle Upgrade with PASS 500 Device)
Maybe someone can comment on that... thanks in advance.

In case anyone is facing the same issue:
Meanwhile, I finished the upgrade process using the following part numbers:

Migrate from Prime LMS to Prime Infrastructure

I'm currently running CiscoWorks LMS 4.0.1 on Windows 2003 under VMware and just got upgrade licensing for Prime Infrastructure 1.2. I am assuming that I will need to upgrade the current server to Prime LMS 4.2 in order to ensure that data migration to Prime Infrastructure goes well. I am planning to follow Cisco's recommendation to run Prime LMS and Prime Infrastructure in parallel for a time and migrate individual functions.
My real question is about Syslog handling. All of the managed devices are currently sending Syslog data to LMS. As a last step in the migration, is it possible to change the IP address of the Prime Infrastructure server to replace the Prime LMS server so that the Prime Infrastructure server will just start getting all the Syslog data, or do I need to go change hundreds of managed devices to point to a new address?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Putting LMS up against Prime Infrastructure is like comparing Apples to Oranges.
LMS is a very mature product and Prime Infrastructure is in it infancy stages...
My suggestion would be to leave the current LMS system up and running; bring a Prime Infrastructure server up with a Demo License; add a few of each type of device to your Prime Infrastructure server; setup a proof of concept scenario to prove you can do everything in Prime as you can do in LMS.

Ciscoworks LMS 3.0 to Cisco Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2

In order to complete the upgrade the LMS 3.x runs over a physical server that ends with the upgrade(server its gona be retired), the think is that the Cisco Prime comes with an UCS and its gona run over a VM. The question here is the "Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.1 - Maj Upg from LMS 2.x/3.x" media could be runs as clean install, I mean with no LMS 3.x intalled before? an the "Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 1.5K Device Maj Upg Lic" could be registered with no license installed of LMS 3.x?

There are a couple of things to distinguish:
1. The product SKU you need to order to migrate from LMS 3 to LMS 4.2.
2. The license file that is installed on that new LMS server.
#1 is based on Cisco agreeing, usually through the partner or reseller you are working with, that you are entitled to order the upgrade SKU (vs. buy a complete new product). The upgrade SKUs are all listed in the ordering guide here.
L-PI12-1.5K-UP (note - NOT the 1.1 product description you noted in the original post) would be the SKU for a major upgrade from LMS 2.x/3.x to the current Prime Infrastructure 1.2 release at the 1500 device license level. That upgrade includes licenses for both PI 1.2 and Prime LMS 4.2. You may choose which to install - most LMS customers stick with LMS for now as PI 1.2 does not yet have full feature parity. Your managed devices should not exceed 1500 combined (in this case) but that combined number is not enforced technically by the product's license daemon.
Once you have purchased the product and have the media you can install it on any host that meets the installation prerequisites as far as OS, memory, disk etc. A clean installation of LMS does not check for or require a previous installation as far as technical checks.
#2 - Once you have installed the new LMS server (and optionally a step near the end of installation, you need to add in the license file (*.lic file). That is obtained through the Cisco licensing portal (or via the TAC if you prefer) using the Product Activation Key (PAK) received with your product.

Upgrade Cisco Prime LMS 4.0 to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1

My company has asked me to migrate Prime LMS 4.0 to Prime Infrastructure 2.0 for a client and can not find the guide, the questions are? the migration is possible without an intermediate step? and There is a guide to update LMS 4.0 to PI 2.0 ??
Thanks in advance.

Prime LMS 4.2.2 added support for the PI template directly:
Export Data for Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution supports data migration to Prime Infrastructure 1.2. This feature enables user to export the Device Credentials Repository (DCR) data from LMS 4.2.x versions to Prime Infrastructure 1.2. The data backup status and backup location are displayed at the bottom of the Export Data for Prime Infrastructure page. The data being exported from LMS and the data imported back to PI are listed as follows.
Data exported from LMS
•Device Credentials Repository (DCR)
•Software Image Management
•Config Archive
•Change Audit
•Syslog
Data Imported to PI
Device Credentials Repository

WCS and LMS to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.3 Upgrade

Hello,
Our customer is currently having WCS for 500 devices and LMS 3.2 for 1500 devices. We are planning to upgrade to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.3.
I want to check is the upgrade procedure that we have planned is ok or we have missed something.
Phase 1: WCS to CPI 1.3 upgrade
1. Check that WCS is at 7.0.230.0 version
2. Export WCS database
3. Install NCS 1.1.1.24 software
4. Contact cisco to obtain trial license for NCS software (L-WCS-NCS1-M-K9 license).
5. Migrate WCS license and import it in NCS software
6. Migrate WCS data to NCS software using ncs migrate command
7. Patch NCS software
8. Inline upgrade to CPI 1.3 software
9. Install proper licenses on CPI 1.3 (WCS and LMS device count)
My concern in this first phase is should I use NCS large image since our Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.3 software should manage 2000 devices at the end.
Or is it better not to perform inline upgrade and insted go with exporting data from NCS and then importing them to CPI 1.3 that is going to be installed separately?
Phase 2: LMS 3.2 to CPI upgrade
1. Export LMS 3.2 database
2. Install LMS 4.2 software
3. Install license to LMS 4.2
4. Restore data from LMS 3.2 to LMS 4.2
5. Direct upgrade from LMS 4.2 to 4.2.2
6. Export the device list with credentials from LMS 4.2.2 and import it as a Bulk Import in CPI 1.3
At the end we will have CPI 1.3 and LMS 4.2.2 software running.
Is it possible to directly upgrade from LMS 4.2 to LMS 4.2.4 and then import data to CPI 1.3 or we need to go with 4.2.2 version?
Regards,
Jelena

Hello Marvin,
We have restored LMS 3.2 SP 1 database on LMs 4.2 and we have got some error messages during restore. Please see our restore output:
[kalms4/root-ade ~]# /opt/CSCOpx/bin/perl /opt/CSCOpx/bin/res
resolver.pl           restoreDBTableMig.pl restoreJRMMig.pl      restorebackup.pl
[kalms4/root-ade ~]# /opt/CSCOpx/bin/perl /opt/CSCOpx/bin/restorebackup.pl -d /opt/BKP/
Restore started at : 2013/12/05 14:11:58
Please see '/var/adm/CSCOpx/log/restorebackup.log' for status.
     USER ID is ..................................... : sysadmin
     OS of the backup archive is..................... : Windows
INFO:The backup archive is from a different OS. Your current Platform is: Soft Appliance .
You are attempting to perform a Cross Platform Restore..
Do you wish to continue (Y/N) [Y] :Y
     Generation to be restored is ................... : 0
     Backup taken from............................... : /opt/BKP/
     Common Services version in the backup data is... : 3.3.1
     Common Services is installed in................. : /opt/CSCOpx
     The temp folder for this restore program........ : /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData
     Applications installed on this machine ......... : [Common Services][Campus Manager][Resource Manager Essentials][Device Fault Manager][cwportal][ipm][upm][cvw][cwlms]
     Applications in the backup archive ............. : [Common Services][Campus Manager][Resource Manager Essentials][Device Fault Manager][opsxml][cwportal][ipm][upm][cvw]
     WARNING: The list of applications installed on this CiscoWorks server does not match the list of
              applications in the backup archive. If you restore data from this backup archive,it may
              cause problems in the CiscoWorks applications.
              Do you want to continue the restore operation? (y-continue or n-quit, y/n)?Y
     Applications to be restored are................. : [Common Services] [Campus Manager] [Resource Manager Essentials] [Device Fault Manager] [cwportal] [ipm] [upm] [cvw]
     Available disk space in NMSROOT................. : 86451488 Kb
     Required disk space in NMSROOT.................. : 35906524 Kb
     (The temp and NMSROOT are on same device, therefore this required disk space includes temp space)
Copying the backup files to the temporary location [/opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData]
preRestore of [Common Services] has started.
preRestore of [Common Services] has completed.
preRestore of [Campus Manager] has started.
preRestore of [Campus Manager] has completed.
preRestore of [Resource Manager Essentials] has started.
preRestore of [Resource Manager Essentials] has completed.
preRestore of [Device Fault Manager] has started.
preRestore of [Device Fault Manager] has completed.
preRestore of [cwportal] has started.
preRestore of [cwportal] has completed.
preRestore of [ipm] has started.
preRestore of [ipm] has completed.
preRestore of [upm] has started.
preRestore of [upm] has completed.
preRestore of [cvw] has started.
preRestore of [cvw] has completed.
doRestore of [Common Services] has started.
          Cross Platform Update started.
          Cross Platform Update completed.
          License check started.
             WARNING: The license details in the server are different from the backup data.
                      After restoring, please check the license available in the server.
             WARNING: Your current license count is lower than your earlier license count.
                      If you restore the data now, devices that exceed the current licence count
                      will be moved to Suspended state.
          License check completed.
          Restoring certificate.
             WARNING: Cannot evaluate the hostname, hence the certificate
                      may be from this host or another host.
                      [ Certificate not overwritten ]
          Restored Certificate.
          Restoring Common Services database.
          Restored Common Services database.
          Restoring CMIC data.
          Restored CMIC data.
          Restoring CMC data.
          Restored CMC data.
          Restoring Security Settings.
          Restored Security Settings.
          Restoring DCR data.
          Restored DCR data.
          Restoring Certificate key store.
          Restored Certificate key store.
Restoring DCNM CrossLaunch data.
          Restored DCNM CrossLaunch function.
          Restoring JAAS configuration.
          Restored JAAS configuration.
          JRM Job Migration started.
          JRM job Migration done.
doRestore of [Common Services] has completed.
doRestore of [Campus Manager] has started.
          Cross Platform Migration for Campus started.
Cross Platform update Starts for Campus
doRestore of [Campus Manager] has completed.
doRestore of [Resource Manager Essentials] has started.
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doRestore of [Resource Manager Essentials] has completed.
doRestore of [Device Fault Manager] has started.
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Going to modify Eight PM report
Modified Sucessfully Eight PM report
100% of DFM Restore completed
doRestore of [Device Fault Manager] has completed.
doRestore of [cwportal] has started.
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.properties
Src file : /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db//portal.properties ,,, Destination file : /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.properties
File Copied: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.properties
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.properties
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.script
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.script
Src file : /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db//portal.script ,,, Destination file : /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.script
File Copied: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.script
Src file : /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db//portal.log ,,, Destination file : /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.log
File Copied: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.log
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.log
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/db/portal.log
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties/defaultUserCommunity.properties
Src file : /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties//defaultUserCommunity.properties ,,, Destination file : /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties/defaultUserCommunity.properties
File Copied: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties/defaultUserCommunity.properties
Src file : /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties//defaultCommunity.properties ,,, Destination file : /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties/defaultCommunity.properties
File Copied: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties/defaultCommunity.properties
Error while coping the File: /opt/CSCOpx/tempBackupData/cwportal/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/cwportal/WEB-INF/classes/data/ciscoWorks/properties/defaultCommunity.properties
doRestore of [cwportal] has completed.
doRestore of [ipm] has started.
        10% of IPM Restore Completed
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doRestore of [ipm] has completed.
doRestore of [upm] has started.
HUM database restore starts
INFO:STOP= /opt/CSCOpx/objects/db/bin64/dbstop -q -y -c dsn=upm
SQL Anywhere Command File Hiding Utility Version 10.0.1.4239
INFO: Database Shutdown is in Progress..Please wait
INFO: Stop Engine Args= /opt/CSCOpx/objects/db/bin64/dbstop -q -y -c dsn=upm
INFO: After Database Shutdown RC= 2304
root=C:\PROGRA~2\CSCOpx\databases\upm\upm.db
DBUTILS: Inside Cross Platform
INFO: Current Database password does not match the password of Database being restored
INFO: Using the Password of the Database being restored
HUM database restore successfully completed.
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Poller
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Poller/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Threshold
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Threshold/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Custom
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Custom/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Poller_Failure
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Poller_Failure/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/TrendWatch
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/TrendWatch/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Availability
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Availability/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/PoEPORTUtilization
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/PoEPORTUtilization/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Interface_Utilization
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Interface_Utilization/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Memory_Utilization
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Memory_Utilization/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Interface_Availability
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Interface_Availability/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Threshold_Violations
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Threshold_Violations/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/CPU_Utilization
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/CPU_Utilization/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/PoEPSEConsumption
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/PoEPSEConsumption/README.txt
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Interface_ErrorRate
File :/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/tomcat/webapps/upm/reports/Quick/Interface_ErrorRate/README.txt
Directory is reportsStarted changing property .
linux
Restored HUM configuration file successfully.
doRestore of [upm] has completed.
doRestore of [cvw] has started.
doRestore of [cvw] has completed.
postRestore of [Common Services] has started.
postRestore of [Common Services] has completed.
postRestore of [Campus Manager] has started.
postRestore of [Campus Manager] has completed.
postRestore of [Resource Manager Essentials] has started.
postRestore of [Resource Manager Essentials] has completed.
postRestore of [Device Fault Manager] has started.
postRestore of [Device Fault Manager] has completed.
postRestore of [cwportal] has started.
postRestore of [cwportal] has completed.
postRestore of [ipm] has started.
postRestore of [ipm] has completed.
postRestore of [upm] has started.
postRestore of [upm] has completed.
postRestore of [cvw] has started.
postRestore of [cvw] has completed.
Restored successfully.
Are this errors going to affect our LMS 4.2 operations?
Then we have upgraded to LMS 4.2.2 and exported data and credentiales for PI import.
On PI 1.3 we have installed WCS 500 devices upgrade license and LMS 1500 upgrade license and now we are having 2000 devices lifecycle license. We have successfully restored WCS data in PI and we have imported LMS devices as bulk import. What is strange is that we have this message in prime regarding licensing:
On LMS 3.2 our customer had saved unlimited number of configuration versioning. After upgrading to LMS 4.2 we can only see last 3 configurations regardless of unlimided number of configurations in previous LMS, so my question is where can we find older configurations in LMS 4.2?
We are planning to turn unlimited versioning on CPI 1.3 now, so our customer will again have feature that they need. Do you have some experiance regarding disk space when all device configurations are stored forever?
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Jelena

LMS 4.1 (Windows) & NCS 1.1 (VM) Upgrade to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2

Hi All,
Im getting a bit confused about the whole upgrade migration process for the following config to Cisco Prime Infrastructure:
LMS - Version 4.1 , 500 devices. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1
NCS – version 1.1 , 50 devices Red Hat Linux ( 64 Bit) (Installation software - NCS-VA-1.0.1.4-small.ova)
I want to be able to backup databases and migrate licensing from LMS and NCS to one platform. Does anyone have experience of this and could possible guide me thorugh this process. LMS has SAS and NCS has SAU.
Help will be very much appreciated!!

It's a couple of steps but can be done. You may want to reconsider getting off of LMS since the latest Prime Infrastructure (PI 1.2) does not have full feature compatibility with the latest LMS (4.2.3). Have a look here for the comparison.
If you still want to do it:
1. Upgrade your NCS to PI 1.2 (instructions). If you're going with a total of 550 devices on a combined license you should use the medium ova file to get the correct server resource allocation. You will need to get the new license from the TAC or via the licensing portal. I'm not sure if you can get the PI license for your LMS upgrade directly via the portal but you do have the entitlement for LMS 4.2 and PI 1.2 (combined licenses not to exceed the original LMS number) if your SAS is current. You may need to contact the TAC and ask for the licensing team.
2. Upgrade your LMS to 4.2 and patch it to 4.2.2 (instructions). Once you've done that, there is a simple menu command to export your device credentials to Prime (Admin, System, Export Data to PI in LMS and then Operation, Device Work Center, Bulk Import in PI - instruction on Page 18 here). Do that and then in the new PI installation import the devices.
Verify everything is working and you can decommission the LMS server.

Upgrading from LMS 4.1 to Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Looking for some information and confirmation on the upgrade process.
Currently we are running LMS 4.1 with a valid SAS Service Contract which will allow me to upgrade to Prime Infrastructure 1.1 or Prime Infrastructure 1.2 using the upgrade tool at no charge. After using the tool I am given access to download PI1.1 or PI1.2, however, it only actually let me download PI1.1 but said i do not have the proper permissions to download the 1.2 license. I also noticed that the software images for 1.2 are not available ont he ciso download page.
I am wondering what the latest version of Prime Infrastructure I will be able to upgrade to without an additional purchase. Can I upgrade up to all the way up to 1.4 or can I only go up to 1.2 (but then where is the download for the software).
If i can upgrade to 1.4 then what path should I take? 1.1 to 1.3 to 1.4? Just skip 1.2 since the download is not available and it will not let me download the license file?
Thank you for your help

LMS 4.x to Prime 1.x would not be considered a functional or recommended "upgrade" for most intents as you would lose several major capabilities (Topology, Ciscoview, many reports, compliance templates, etc.). Your best path right now would be to move your LMS along to the current version - 4.2.4. The release notes explain the upgrade path for that.
Licensing and upgrade eligibility-wise you need SASU for PI (not plain SAS for LMS) for major upgrades (i.e to go to 2.0). An LMS SAS contract entitles you to migrate to PI 1.2 which in effect means 1.3 although Cisco had some issues with updating the ordering system so there was not actually a SKU for PI 1.3 sold - only the 1.2 version which, when combined with your LMS SAS service contract, entitles you to move to PI 1.3 (or 1.4 but that's not generally recommended). More details are in the Prime Ordering and Licensing Guides here.
Personally, I recommend customers with existing LMS 4.x installations wait until PI 2.1 comes out to consider the upgrade. 2.0 still misses several tools present in LMS 4.x.
If you really want to move over to PI, you can export the data from LMS 4.2.4 and import into PI 1.3 (or 2.0).

Prime Infrastructure 1.1 LMS and NCS installation.

Dear all
I have purchase below mention product. Now my question is that.
A> 1). Prime (2). LMS 4.2 (2). NCS 1.1 are they different software and has to install them separately ?
B> or The prime is the only virtual(.ova) software where there LMS and NCS works as a feature?
C> Please help me with the download link and installation guide..
CISCO
R-PI-1.1-K9
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.1
CISCO
R-PI-1.1-100-K9
Prime Infrastructure 1.1 Software - 100 Device Base Lic
CISCO
L-PILMS42-100
Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 100 Device Base Lic
CISCO
L-PINCS11-100
Prime Infrastructure NCS 1.1 - 100 Device Base Lic
CISCO
L-PINCSW11-100
Prime Infrastructure NCS WAN 1.1 - 100 Device Base Lic
With Regards
Tanmay
[email protected]

SOme of the similar discussion happened here, which would be helpful.
To answer your questions :
A.> Yes all three of them are separate software.
LMS :--> Ciscoworks Prime LMS is about to be end-of-life software which will phase out in favour of its successor Cisco Prime Infrastructure. This Software was the key application from Cisco to help manage the entire Wired Infrastructure for cisco devices, like Routers, switches, VPN, FW's, etc.
NCS:--> Wireless Control System (WCS) was the LMS equivalent software to manage Cisco's wireless infrastructure. It evolved as a new Generation Network Control System (NCS).
Cisco Prime Infrastructure :--> Cisco felt market demand to have a unified experience to manage both Wired and Wireless Infrastructure, hence Cisco Prime Infrastructure was introduced which is NCS+LMS. Not all features of LMS are migrated, hence customer's are allowed to use LMS latest version 4.2.x for wired network devices, if required.
B.> Prime is now provided with an inbaked Linux kernel to remove dependency from Windows or Unix (Solaris) OS, hence it is only available as OVA deployment image to be used under virtualized environment and can take benefit of virtualized infrastructure.
FOllowing are the download links :
Download LMS 4.2 here
Download PI 2.1 here
-Thanks
Vinod
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Migrate from WCS 7.0 to Prime Infrastructure 1.2

Hi All,
I am looking for advice on the licensing and upgrade path for going from WCS 7.0 to PI 1.2.
At present I have a WCS licensed for 200 APs which is managing one controller and 150 APs.
I intend to use the Cisco Prime Upgrade Promotion
to order R-W-PI12-M-K9 (WCS 7.0 to Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Migration)
and L-W-PI12-100-M and L-W-PI12-100-M to match the number of licenses on the WCS.
Once Prime is installed I also want to manage another 50 devices, does that mean I have to purchase the
Cisco PI 1.2 Base License and Software (R-PI12-Base-K9) and another 50 Lifecycle licenses, or will
my existing 200 licenses from the upgrade suffice.
Sorry if it's confusing, but I didn't invent the licensing structure just trying to make sense of it all.
TIA

You'll be able to manage up to 200 devices/APs simpy using the upgrade from WCS to PI 1.2 as you described it. No need to order another base license or 50 lifecycle licenses.

Cisco LMS 4.0.1 to Prime Infrastructure 2.x Upgrade

Hello,
we are using Cisco LMS and want to upgrade to Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
Now we have received the following license update: L-L-PI2X-100-U - LMS to Prime Infrastructure 2.x Upgrade 100 Device
and I wonder what is the best way to upgrade.
After a long search I found the following document on cisco:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/prime-infrastructure/guide-c07-729990.html#wp9000727
There is only the talk of the upgrade from 4.2 LMS to Prime.
The problem is that we can not update to version 4.2 because of an error. Thats one reason why we need to upgrade to prime.
Is the only possibility now to export databases?
thanks in advance

Hi Heiko,
Upgarding from LMS 4.0.1 to LMS 4.2 , you need a New Licesne . Are you getting that error..
Upgarding from LMS to PI is alomost like a new Installation of PI. because only thing you can IMPORT from LMS to PI is the device list .
you can download the software from the below link:
http://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=284422771&flowid=45323&softwareid=284272932&release=2.0.0&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=&reltype=all
Installation link:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/2-0/install/guide/Cisco_PI_Hardware_Appliance_Installation_Guide/cpi_higmain.html
hope it will help
Thanks-
Afroz
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Migrating from NCS 1.0 to Prime Infrastructure 1.2

Hi friends
I know i had short discussion about this before but here it comes again and this time in detail.
I have NCS 1.0 with 100 devices support license installed. Now knowing it has reached end of sale, and also for the fact that Prime does cover devices like routers, i went ahead to the upgrade path via PUT (Product Upgrade Tool).
Finally I received an email (OBA) advising my order is ready. This email included two items in the shipment,
L-N-PI12-100-M=
NCS 1.0 to Prime Infrastructure 1.2 Minor Upg 100 Device
L-PILMS42-100-M
Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 100 Device Upgrade Lic
When i click to the link in the same email to download the license, it only shows me one file which is
L-PILMS42-100-M
I tried using this file and installing on the NCS1.0 but it gives me error that this file is not a license file. The license name suggests me that it is not the license to be installed on the NCS. The file should be L-N-PI12-100-M=
Thanks for reading this all and would appreciate all your inputs here.
Regards,
Mohit

Marvin Rhoads wrote:Your PI 1.2 also includes the right to install and use LMS 4.2 - a separately installed and licensed server.If you want Assurance (or Compliance) licenses for PI, they will have to be ordered separately. The license files delivedred when you buy those product SKUs will allow you to use those features. The starting point (base) in PI 1.2 is Lifecycle.
when i followed the inpath upgrade, i receved an email from the licensing that the license file is ready for download. the order said,
Product Name : L-PILMS42-100-M
Product Description : L-PILMS42-100-M : Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 100 Device Upgrade Lic
and the attached lic file "LMS2013021XXXXXXX.lic" came along from them.
but when i installed that lic file, i got the error message from the upgarded the PI 1.2 that the file is not a license file.
The trouble is i cannot generate another lic file (if the exsting generated file was corrupt) cos the PAK is already been used once.
Now i am wondering i can avail that LMS file that would be good, but when i spoke to the TAC, i was told that this file name doesnt seem correct as this is PI and it wont understand LMS file. It was only useful if you were upgraing from LMS to PI and because my case was NCS to PI, this will not work.
Any suggestions?

Migrating data from Cisco NCS 1.1.1.24 to Prime Infrastructure 1.3 Question

I am spinning up a new VM server for Prime to migrate from NCS. I have not been able to find the patch Cisco recommends to run before upgrading. My question is do I need to run this patch (ncs_patch-1.1.1.24-upgrade-12.tar.gz) if I am just gong to bring up a whole new machine and not upgrade the existing NCS? My plan is to do a back-up on the NCS and a restore from the new Prime.

Migrating from NCS 1.1.1.24 to Prime Infrastructure 1.3
To migrate to a new Prime Infrastructure 1.3 system, follow the process as described in the following two links below:
● Back Up the Data from the Existing System
● Install a New Prime Infrastructure System and Migrate the Data from the Backup
● Restoring Prime Infrastructure Database in a High Availability Environment

Understanding licenses/PAK - LMS/Prime Infrastructure.

Hi,
I purchased an upgrade LMS 3.2 to Prime Infrastructure 1.2 and one more license for 300 devices.
I received 6 differents PAK numbers for:
Cisco Systens - R-PI12-UP-K9
L-PI12-LF-300-LIC - Prime Infrastructure 1.2 - Lifecycle - 300 Device Lic PAK
L-PILMS42-300-U - Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 300 Device Maj Upg Lic
R-PI12-BASE-K9 - Prime Infrastructure 1,2 Base License and Software
Cisco Systens - R-PI12-K9
L-PI12-LF-100-LIC - Prime Infrastructure 1.2 - Lifecycle - 100 Device Lic PAK
L-PILMS42-100 - Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 100 Device Base Lic
R-PI12-BASE-K9 - Prime Infrastructure 1,2 Base License and Software
I'll need to download 6 .lic files and install all?
Thanks.

PI and LMS are both entitled products with your upgrade. You may install one, the other or both (but on separate hosts).
When you install either, you will need to use your Product Authorization Keys (PAKs) to download two license files - one for the base 100 devices and another for the 300 devices. You will need to do this separately for each product.

LMS 4.0 and Prime Infrastructure..!

Hi,
I am using LMS 4.0 and as the licenses got expired I came to know that I need to buy Prime Infrastructure license as LMS 4.0 reached End of life.
So now if I buy the prime infrastructure licenses, will it work on LMS 4.0 or I need to upgrade? and how can I get the upgrade?
Thanks..!

You would need to upgrade. Prime Infrastructure 1.2 has LMS and WAN buildt in.
Thanks,
Scott
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