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

[Jonathan Charles]

Fixed in 7.0????


Jonathan

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Justin Steinberg <jsteinberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> you should also plan for the fact that none of your call handler transfer
> settings will upgrade properly.  either record the settings manually or I
> put together this SQL query that seems to pull the right data out of unity
> 4.
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>
>
> Select parentalias,alias,extension
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> From contactrule
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> Where [action]=1
>
> see this bug:
>
> http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsm15661
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> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also, make sure you do NOT install SQL or Exchange (if VM only) on the
> > C drive... this action cannot be undone (without blowing it away), but
> > it can be mitigated (a little)...
> >
> > Use SQL regardless of how many ports you have and put the SQL db on a
> > BIG drive...
> >
> > Also, if VM only, enable circular logging.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Scott Voll <svoll.voip at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > one other thing..... make sure you have a OS partition greater then 8
> gigs
> > > which was the default in unity 4.0.  it will not fit.  suggested now is
> 12
> > > gigs.
> > >
> > > learned it the hard way.  I had W2k3 so I was just going to upgrade.
> got to
> > > the part to install Unity but by then.... I only had 300k available on
> the
> > > HD.  Had to blow away the whole thing and start from scratch.  loaded
> back
> > > to unity 4.0 did the dirt restore then upgrade with out issue.  Just a
> > > longer night then I was hoping for.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Ed Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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