[cisco-voip] Unity migration from 4.x to 5.0

[Ed Leatherman]

Thanks for the tip, we'll certainly have a different name on the new server
so it will help knowing that ahead of time. You get bonus points for using
the word accouterments. :)

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have done about a dozen Unity 4.x to 5.0(1) upgrades...
>
> Here's what I have done.
>
> Install new server with Windows 2003, using Cisco's platform DVD for
> Unity (or CUC), install Unity 4.2 (and all accouterments) and then
> restore DRT backup, and upgrade to 5.0...
>
> I have had pretty good success... Just note, you may run into a bug
> where the Unity 5 install says the server had been renamed using an
> unsupported method... if so, go into SQL, check the table,
> UnitySetupParameters and look the @PrimaryServer, change this to match
> the hostname of the server.
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Ed Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Planning out our upgrade to Unity version 5 from 4.2.1 (running win2k).
> I
> > have a spare server of the same model etc that I would like to use to
> make
> > the OS upgrade easier but had a question I was hoping someone on the
> list
> > might know.
> >
> > What I'm considering is bringing up the new server as a brand new Unity
> > install with a new server name, IP address, etc while the existing
> system is
> > still in place, and then migrate the users/settings over. Does anyone
> know
> > if it's possible using the global subscriber manager to move subscribers
> > from a Unity 4.2 system to a Unity 5.0 system? I've never used the tool
> > myself for this purpose (we only have 1 Unity server), but I see that it
> had
> > "importing, deleting and moving subscribers between Unity servers"..
> just
> > not sure about between versions of Unity. I would still have to
> reconfigure
> > call handlers in this case. I'm trying to get a hold of some lab
> resources
> > to test GSM myself between unity versions.
> >
> > My other option (if I understand correctly) would be to build the system
> as
> > the same version of Unity 4.2 on win2k3, do a DiRT restore, and then
> upgrade
> > to 5.0. Maybe this is quicker anyway, has anyone had trouble with this?
> > assuming the same version of DiRT to backup and restore of course.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Ed Leatherman
> > Senior Voice Engineer
> > West Virginia University
> > Telecommunications and Network Operations
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>



-- 
Ed Leatherman
Senior Voice Engineer
West Virginia University
Telecommunications and Network Operations
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