Recommended upgrade path

Overview

Nokia recommends the following upgrade path to ensure continuous availability of the network management ecosystem.

• Disconnect the OSS from the NFM-P.

• Upgrade the OSS.

  Note:

  The upgraded OSS must be backward-compatible with the current NFM-P release, including backward compatibility with the existing object model, JMS, and samOss.jar.

  For more information about object model compatibility, see XML schema changes .

  For more information about compatibility with JMS, see JMS changes .

  For more information about compatibility with samOss.jar, see JMS connections .

• Upgrade the NFM-P.

• Install the new samOss.jar on the OSS.

• Connect and synchronize the OSS with the NFM-P.

  For information about the recommended startup method for an OSS client with a durable JMS subscription, see Recommended durable JMS client operation .

• Upgrade the network devices.