Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Core Components: November 2011

This update also fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

• 2571545 Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Core Components: July 2011
• 2500444 Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Core Components: April 2011
• 2467775 Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Core Components: January 2011

Update package information

Microsoft Download Center

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the OcsCore.msp package now.
Release Date: November 2011

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this update package.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This cumulative update replaces the following cumulative update:

2571545 Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Core Components: July 2011

Registry information

To use one of the update packages in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Update package installation information

To install this cumulative update, install the OCSCore.msp package on the following computers:

• Lync Server 2010 – Standard Edition Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Enterprise Edition – Front-end
• Lync Server 2010 – Standalone Audio Video Conferencing Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Director
• Lync Server 2010 – Edge Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Standalone Mediation Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Monitoring Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Archiving Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Administration Tools
• Lync Server 2010 – Survivable Branch Server
• Lync Server 2010 – Trusted application servers

Notes

• You may update the pools in any order.
• We recommend that you upgrade all server pools to the same version of the cumulative update.

On Standard Edition Server and Enterprise Edition – Front end server once you have installed update for core components, the updated sql files will be dropped on the server. Then, run the following cmdlet to apply the changes:Notes

• You need to upgrade all the front-end servers in the pool before you run the command.
• In a Lync Server 2010 Standard Edition environment, run the cmdlet from the Standard Edition server.
• In a Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition environment in which the archiving/monitoring services are collocated with an Enterprise Edition back-end server, run this cmdlet from the Enterprise Edition back-end server.
• In a Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition environment in which the archiving/monitoring services are not collocated with an Enterprise Edition back-end server , run this cmdlet from the Enterprise Edition front-end server.

If the RTCDyn databases are removed after you run the cmdlet without the UseDefaultSqlPaths parameter, run the following cmdlet to restore the RTCDyn databases: Note The RtcDyn log is located under the path of the rtcdyn.ldf file. The RtcDyn data is located under the path of the rtcdyn.mdf file.

Removal information

To remove this cumulative update, use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.

Sometimes, you are prompted for the source CD when you try to uninstall the cumulative update. If this behavior occurs, insert the source CD or provide the path where the source files can be found.

File information

This update may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This update contains only the files that you must have to resolve the issues that are listed in this article.

After the update is installed, the global version of this update has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table: