WCS/Redhat Upgrade Question

Hello all,
I recently migrated from the WLSE appliance to WCS Version 4.1.83.0 as well as Redhat Linux 4.0 (via the 2 CD's that were shipped). I would like to upgrade my WCS to the latest version (7.0), with the following upgrade path in mind:
4.1.83.0
to
4.2.62.0
to
5.2.110.0
to
7.0.164.0
My question is do I need to upgrade my Redhat to 5.0 Enterprise version as well in order to support this upgrade? My understanding is that the WLSE appliance is no longer an appliance and is now a full fledge WCS SERVER, in which case I do need to upgrade Redhat. If so, is Redhat 5.0 free to upgrade?
Thanks for the help as always.
Bobby Grewal

Hi Bobby:
Yes, in order to run WCS versions beyond 4.2, you'll need a Red Hat upgrade on a converted WLSE.  Because the conversion process brought Red Hat provided by Cisco, the converted WLSE is indeed an appliance (it's just not called that) and Cisco does indeed provide the Red Hat upgrade.  You can open a service request with TAC and they'll post the ISO image of the Red Hat upgrade CD for you, or give me your Cisco.com ID and I'll post it for you without an SR.
As for your proposed upgrade path, if this was *my* WCS installation to address, I'd go:
4.1.83.0 to 4.2.128.0 then run Data Cleanup
4.2.128.0 to 6.0.181.0
6.0.181.0 to 7.0.164.0
Long and short, avoiding some bugs and letting 4.2 executables clean a 4.2 database before exiting the train, then bypassing 5.* altogether.
Sincerely,
Rollin Kibbe
Network Management Systems Team

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