you can do that in BAT<br><br>Export phones and reimport them<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dane</b> <<a href="mailto:d4rkf1ber@gmail.com">d4rkf1ber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Craig, no problem at all. I appreciate any input.<br><br>In fact your comments have been helpful because it has made me think
<br>more about things.<br><br>For instance you mention the possibility of leaving the second line on<br>the phone.<br><br>I am thinking about that as well. The idea being that if I make their<br>primary line the new extension, then basically move their current line
<br>to the second line on the phone I think the clean up process might<br>possibly be easier at the end of the 3 month period.<br><br>The thought being if all of these phones are grouped together<br>correctly and I know that the second line on all phones in the group
<br>can be removed at a certain period of time it might be possible "not<br>sure how to be honest" to do a mass delete of the second line.<br><br>Now if I can figure out the best way to export and import phones. I
<br>think thats where SQL experts come in. There has to be a way to<br>export a list of phones say by location and be able to change the<br>extension within a spread sheet maybe and then import the changes<br>back. That is my quest now is to find out the method and the pro's
<br>and con's for doing changes like that.<br><br>Thanks again.<br><br><br><br>On 3/15/07, Craig Staffin <<a href="mailto:craig@staffin.org">craig@staffin.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Dane,<br>><br>> Sorry I looked into your request more I thought these were sites where you
<br>> had to have the old DID numbers point to the new DID numbers.<br>><br>> Since it is phone extension you are worried about the only realy way to do<br>> it would be to do a seperate partition with translation patterns to the new
<br>> numbers. Unfortionatly its probably going to be a one for one translation<br>> OR the other option is simply put the old number on each persons phone.<br>><br>><br>> Craig<br>><br>> On 3/15/07, Dane <
<a href="mailto:d4rkf1ber@gmail.com">d4rkf1ber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > Humm.. I must not be following you because I don't see how that would<br>> > work unless you were talking about translating one consecutive group
<br>> > of numbers to another. Like if I knew my existing range of numbers<br>> > fell between say 3000-3999 and the new one was 6000-6999 I think I<br>> > could see how one might translate something like that. But not sure
<br>> > if that is what you are referring to, and if it is I don't think it<br>> > works in my situation as I have numbers all over the place talking a<br>> > few hundred numbers in barely any consecutive order at all.
<br>> ><br>> > The good thing about the move to new extensions is it will clean up<br>> > this mess in callmanager and have two nice range of numbers rather<br>> > then numbers all over the place. The bad thing is the amount of work
<br>> > to do it if I can't find some possible alternative ways of doing it.<br>> ><br>> > Appreciate the response and look forward to better understanding your<br>> > point if I missed it.<br>
> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 3/15/07, Craig Staffin < <a href="mailto:craig@staffin.org">craig@staffin.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > > I would honestly do a translation on the gateway. IMHO it is much
<br>> easier to<br>> > > do translations on the gateway and this then allows you the simplicity<br>> of<br>> > > simply taking out 10 lines of a config and rebooting rather then going<br>> > > through the GUI and deleting 10 different translation patterns.
<br>> > ><br>> > > Craig<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > On 3/15/07, Dane < <a href="mailto:d4rkf1ber@gmail.com">d4rkf1ber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > ><br>> > > > We recently acquired a bunch of smaller offices and brough them into
<br>> > > > our CallManager system. We allowed them to keep their POTS lines and<br>> > > > their DID numbers at the times in each of the different offices. This<br>> > > > created a big cluster within our cluster. :-) As we now had
<br>> > > > extensions all over the place rather then within a nice simple range.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Anyway, I have finally recieved permission to begin cleaning this all<br>> > > > up. First order of business was securing a new DID range in which I
<br>> > > > will place them all in allowing for a simple and consistent flow or<br>> > > > group of numbers if you will.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > I am not trying to figure out the best way to assign the new DID's and
<br>> > > > therefore new four digit extensions to these offices. Each office is<br>> > > > group in CallManager as a location. I hope to do one location at a<br>> > > > time.<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > The biggest issue is I have to maintain a callforward or phantom<br>> > > > forward of their old extension for three months. So basically I<br>> > > > configure someones phone with the new extension then have their old
<br>> > > > extension forward to the new one.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > I ask for advice and suggestions to see how others might handle this,<br>> > > > as this list contains some very knowledgeable indiviuals with some
<br>> > > > great ideas regarding all things Cisco VoIP related and it amazes me<br>> > > > some of the suggestions and advice given here for things. I often see<br>> > > > wonderful information on how to accomplish something, or even simply a
<br>> > > > better way of doing the same thing some times.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > I know their are ways to export all the phones say in a location to a<br>> > > > file and then manipulate the file and then import it, but I am not
<br>> > > > sure how or if that is the ideal thing.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciate, trying to<br>> > > > automate or simplify the process as much as possible.
<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Regards,<br>> > > > Dane<br>> > > > _______________________________________________<br>> > > > cisco-voip mailing list<br>> > > >
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<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > --<br>> > > Craig Staffin<br>> > > <a href="mailto:Craig@staffin.org">Craig@staffin.org</a><br>> > > (H) 262-437-7313<br>
> > > (C) 262-613-6003<br>> ><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>><br>> Craig Staffin<br>> <a href="mailto:Craig@staffin.org">Craig@staffin.org</a><br>> (H) 262-437-7313<br>> (C) 262-613-6003
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Craig Staffin<br><a href="mailto:Craig@staffin.org">Craig@staffin.org</a><br>(H) 262-437-7313<br>(C) 262-613-6003