[cisco-voip] Best Way To Bulk Update Lines/Directory Numbers?

[Tim Smith]

Hey Gary,

Why forward?
I make a PT that is not a member of any CSS - I.e hidden
Then a wildcard route pattern to SBC
Then just use BAT to change PT on DNs

All out of the box, no drama.


Cheers,

Tim

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 at 22:41, Gary Parker <G.J.Parker at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi folks, I’m migrating users from CUCM to Teams Phone and need to update:
>
>    - Route Partition
>    - Forward All Destination
>
> for a specific set of directory numbers that cannot be identified with a
> search based on CUCM data. The partition change will be to identify
> migrated numbers, the cfwdall will be to send calls out to a voice gateway
> that then sends the call to our Teams tenant via SIP.
>
>
>
> It looks like I can do the Route Partition with an export/update line
> appearance job, so that’s good/simple.
>
>
>
> The call forward details will be different for each line. If the DN is
> 123456, the cfwdall will be to 901509123456, so this must be done with a
> custom file.
>
>
>
> If I do Phones -> Export Phones -> All Details’ I can see the call forward
> details for the lines on those phones in there, but there doesn’t seem to
> be a way to import that data back in as an update, only as ‘Phones ->
> Insert Phones’ for new devices.
>
>
>
> I could delete the existing phones I want to update, then Insert the
> modified entries back again as new phones, but I’m worried what other
> interactions that may break.
>
>
>
> The other option seems to be to do a full ‘Export -> Device Data -> Phone’
> for the database tar file, edit the required lines, then Import again, but
> as you have to do the whole database that is very time consuming and also,
> I’d imagine, service affecting?
>
>
>
> I explored the option in the past of trying to forward calls placed to a
> line in the migrated partition using a transformation pattern but could not
> get this to work (I believe I posted about it on this list).
>
>
>
> If anyone has an alternative suggestion for achieving the call forwarding
> I’d love to hear it.
>
>
>
> Is there a way to forward calls from all the DNs to a kind of pilot number
> that then forwards again to a new destination based on the forwarding
> station? So, say for example, I forward calls from 635635 to 222222, some
> logic on 222222 forwards the call to 901509635635; and for calls to 222333,
> forward to 222222, which then forwards to 901509222333
>
>
>
> --
>
> Gary Parker
>
> Unified Communications Service Manager
>
> Loughborough University, IT Services
>
> Phone - +441509635635 <+441509635635>
>
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>
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Kind Regards,

Tim Smith
Technical Consultant @ Enject Technology Solutions
P +61 2 9423 1011
E tim.smith at enject.com.au
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