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

Tue May 14 08:31:57 CDT 2013

I can't comment on an Asterisk to Asterisk migration, but I have done a 
migration from a different pbx to Asterisk where no downtime was allowed. 
What we did was put the new instance (Asterisk) as the primary call 
handler with a rule that said anythnig that isn't a match gets sent over 
to the secondary PBX (in your case it would be the Asterisk 1.0.x 
instance). Then you will also have to make corresponding changes on the 
original PBX to send the appropriate calls/extensions back to the new 
Asterisk instance. In our case, we started with Asterisk as a voicemail 
box, then moved one department at a time over so we could do testing to 
make sure it was working. By the end, we were down to all the extensions 
that didn't have any kind of special handling on them and we moved those 
over as we had time/money for new phones.

Planning, having test extensions and moving slowly at the start are your 
friend. Once you understand all the ins and outs of the migration, you can 
start moving to the new instance on a faster pace. It is possible to do it 
with virtually no downtime.

Kevin Larsen - Systems Analyst - Pioneer Balloon - Ph: 316-688-8208

From:   Andre Goree <andre at drenet.net>
To:     asterisk-users at lists.digium.com, 
Date:   05/14/2013 08:24 AM
Subject:        Re: [asterisk-users] Upgrade from 1.0.x to AsteriskNOW 3.0
Sent by:        asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com

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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