[asterisk-users] Upgrade from 1.0.x to AsteriskNOW 3.0

[Andre Goree]

On 2013-05-14 3:50 am, Dennis Dryden wrote:
> AsteriskNOW 1 and 2 are both based on Centos 5 and I think the new
> AsteriskNOW 3 is based on Centos 6 so upgrades are not supported by
> the Linux OS distribution[1]. It's best to backup and reinstall with
> the new version. It's a shame AsteriskNOW is not based on Debian so it
> could be dist-upgraded between versions.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dennis
> 
> [1] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide/MigratingFiveToSix [6]
> 


Thanks for the reply!  Keep in mind, I'm wanting to go from vanilla 
Asterisk 1.0.x to AsteriskNOW 3 -- or Asterisk 11 + FreePBX.  This will 
be on all new hardware -- which I guess actually answers my question 
regarding the feasibility of an in-place upgrade.  From what I can tell, 
my only choice will be to rebuild the configuration that is currently in 
the 1.0.x install using AsteriskNOW/Asterisk+FreePBX.  Probably won't be 
fun :/

Any insight on failover solutions?


> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Andre Goree <andre at drenet.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello all.  I was hoping someone out there might have some advice or 
> suggestions regarding an upgrade from an archaic Asterisk version.
> 
> I've been given the daunting task of upgrading a very old 
> Asterisk-1.0.x install to a recent LTS version.  I'll also need the 
> install to have high-availability and failover support.
> 
> From my research, it would appear that AsteriskNOW-3.0 might be my best 
> bet, as it seems to be running Asterisk-11.  I've previously installed 
> Asterisk-11+FreePBX in a VM, and this appears to be very similar.  Is 
> there any upside to using AsteriskNOW vs. Asterisk+FreePBX? Other than 
> the obvious fact that everything is nicely placed on an iso for ease of 
> installation?
> 
> As for the actual upgrade, is it possible to step through each of the 
> UPGRADE*.txt files under the Asterisk-11 source?  I.e, UPGRADE-1.2.txt 
> -> UPGRADE-1.4.txt -> UPGRADE-1.6.txt -> UPGRADE-1.8.txt -> 
> UPGRADE.txt? Or would it be prudent to recreate my current 1.0.x 
> configuration under Asterisk-11 instead?
> 
> Regarding HA/failover, is a hardware solution (such as Digium's 
> R800/R850) my only option?  During my research I've found scripts on 
> the internet that allow for failover using arp/nmap, however those 
> appear to only work for hardware failures.  I would need something that 
> can account for both hardware and software failures.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice that anyone can give on the subject. 
>  Any suggestions, etc. would help immensely!
> 
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