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Appendix G Upgrading Cisco PPM to the Full License
Upgrading and Saving Previous Data
If you need to preserve the data created during the evaluation (demo) period after upgrading to the Full
version of Prime Performance Manager, follow the steps below:
Step 1 Download PPM 1.5 FCS version and the 1.5.1 update from cisco.com.
Step 2 Perform a PPM backup of the PPM 1.5.1 evaluation system by executing the following command:
Cisco UCS C200M2 4-core (UCS C200M2) Xeon E5620 2.4 GHz
Cisco UCS B200M3 4-core (UCS B200M3) Xeon E5-2609v2 2.5 GHz
Oracle Netra X3-2
or equivalent
8-core (Oracle X3-2) Xeon E5-2658 2.1
GHz
Tabl e 7- 3 Recommended Storage
# Size and Type Purpose
1 146GB SAS 15K RPM Drive OS and PPM
1 300GB SAS 15K RPM Drive Backups
Tabl e 7- 4 Storage and Performance Requirements
Type System Notes
Linux OS
PPM Gateway / Unit
Installation
80 GB Used
120 IOPS with about 75%
write operations
Driven by devicecache/logs/database/exported
reports writes devicecache/ logs/ database
/exported reports can be relocated if necessary
First External
Partition PPM
Gateway / Unit
Backups
150 GB Used
250 IOPS with about 45%
write operations
Sustained IOPS During Backup Periods
Quiet At Other Times
Tabl e 7- 5 Virtual HW and Memory Requirements
Virtual Hardware Requirements For
Vm Environments
Memory And Swap
Requirements
Java Virtual Machine
Memory Configuration
vCPU Number -- 4 or more -
For VM Environments
RAM Size -- 8 GB or greater
Swap Space -- 8 GB or greater
Gateway JVM Size -- 2 GB
Unit JVM Size -- 4 GB
Table 7-2 Recommended Hardware Configurations (continued)
CPU CPU Type
non-NEBs Compliant
Systems
NEBs Compliant
Systems