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

[Jonathan Charles]

Either way works for me...

It also may not be as consistent as you are describing? Have you
cursed god recently? Were you evil in a past life?



Jonathan

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Justin Steinberg <jsteinberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> i've had this issue on every upgrade I've done.
>
> perhaps, either your customers aren't using the call handler transfer
> feature or they havent realized it is broke :)
>
>
>
>
>
>  On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Jonathan Charles <jonvoip at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have done about a dozen of these, and I have never had an issue with
> > the Call Handlers (subscribers, yes, CH, nope...)
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Select parentalias,alias,extension
> > >
> > > From contactrule
> > >
> > > Where [action]=1
> > >
> > > see this bug:
> > >
> > >
> http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsm15661
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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