[cisco-voip] Bridge upgrade vs. sub(s)

[Mike]

Any IBM x3250 (7816-I4) is less than 500.00 on Ebay.

-----Original Message-----
From: Beck, Andre [mailto:cisco-voip at ibh.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:07 AM
To: Mike
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Bridge upgrade vs. sub(s)

Re Mike,

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 08:57:44AM -0500, Mike  wrote:
> This may not be practical, but have you considered a swing server? We 
> have done this in the past. You take an IBM/HP equivalent (7816-I4) 
> load existing version on that and restore from production. Then 
> upgrade that to 8.6 and backup. Then load 8.6 on your new DL380s and
restore.

I haven't considered that as there is no identical server available, at
least not easily. But you said something very interesting: Take any MCS-
equivalent server that supports running both versions. If that really is
sufficient (I don't think I need working licenses just to perform the DRS
backup, and even if, the MAC could be - ahem - tinkered with in the isolated
network), that would ease things considerably.
 
> This leaves your production environment untouched and now you have a 
> complete copy running 8.6. Just swap the Ethernet cables and reset the 
> phones and you are set.

I'll see if any supported server is available. There's quite a chance of
that, and as you said, it would make the transition even less risky (human
error during the initial steps in my procedure could still wipe the original
pub blank).

Thanks,
Andre.
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