What is PAWS?

The Platform Administrative Web Service (PAWS) is a XML/SOAP based interface that allows applications to initiate and monitor upgrades on multiple Unified Communications clusters from a single management client.

The PAWS interface facilitates large scale Unified Communications deployments and upgrades.

PAWS is a new publicly available interface in Unified Communications 9.0(1).

The following platform upgrade and administrative tasks can be performed using PAWS:

• Upgrade
• Switch version
• Reboot
• Get node information, such as version
• Cancel an upgrade installation that is in progress.
• Obtain hardware specifications.
• Retrieve installed options on active and inactive partitions.
• Determine which products are deployed.
• Reboot systems without switching partitions.
• Determine if an upgrade or a COP file is valid.