[cisco-voip] Unity 4.2.1 migration - onbox -> offbox

[Thorsten.Mayr at barclayscapital.com]

Running exmerge to migrate the messages across is an option to for the
messages. The wav greetings you can just copy over (one folder) - odd
though that cisco doesn't have any concerns of hitting the 256 char
limit on the file names plus path though with all those spaces in their
naming convention for greetings... Moving the box over itself is not an
option as we are upgrading from H1's to H2's. would be curious to see...
I still haven't heard back from cisco which objects are being pushed and
which one are being pulled from AD with SQL...

T

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Charles [mailto:jonvoip at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:24 PM
> To: Mayr, Thorsten: IT (LDN)
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Unity 4.2.1 migration - onbox -> offbox
> 
> What you would need to do is backup the PSTs and recreate the 
> user inboxes.. and migrate the PSTs back into Exchange... it 
> would be ugly and you would lose your call handlers...
> 
> I guess, in theory, you could just add a UM license to a VM 
> Unity and then demote the Unity server (from a DC) and then 
> join it to the domain, move the PSTs over to the corp 
> Exchange... but I wouldn't want to try it.
> 
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Dec 20, 2007 10:21 AM,  <Thorsten.Mayr at barclayscapital.com> wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Anybody ever come across issues when migrating from a one box 
> > standalone AD/DC/Exchange/Unity system over to an offbox 
> "proper AD" environment?
> >
> > I have had issues in a way that the whole system broke even 
> though the 
> > install before the DIRT restore was successful.
> > Taken it up with TAC and spoken to DE's but getting mixed 
> answers and 
> > messages - the logging level wasn't high enough to give a proper 
> > resolution. One of the main issues were that AD accounts 
> got created 
> > but no mailboxes.
> > Various table entries in the UnityDB were empty or 
> referencing the old 
> > mailboxstoreobjectID missing alias - no directoryID - wrong 
> > logonserver....  In the subscriber table as well as in the mailbox 
> > store table..
> > Just to name a few errors...
> >
> >
> > Just performed it in a test lab and worked a treat even though we 
> > followed the exact same procedure...
> >
> > Any ideas - anybody?
> >
> > Callmanager 5.1.2.2102-1 and Unity 4.2(1) - all servers H2's 7845's 
> > Latest releases of DIRT and DBWalker.
> >
> > And on a different note, I had issues with the standalone box 
> > regarding the HP Teaming tool. It's an H1 45 as well. It broke and 
> > can't use the teaming tool any more... Tried reinstalling 
> the latest releases...
> > Again taken up with TAC/HTTS ...
> >
> > If anybody has details on how the relationship between the 
> various AD 
> > objects that are being pushed/pulled related to the SQL entries - 
> > would be a start, recon this is deep cisco internal's though...
> >
> > Thanks
> > T
> > 
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