migrating physical server to vm

[DigitalG]

actual system = physical server version 11.0.4.7

my customer wants to virtualized, my question is:

Can i take a backup from 11.0.4.7 and restore it to a new version 11.1 Feature Pack 2 Service Pack 3

Will my ip phones keep their extension ?

 

[nnaarrnn]

-You need to be licensed for virtual server instead of physical
-I would install same version for the virtual machine, apply config, then update
-yes, phones will keep their extensions if your config doesn't change

 

[aarondyck]

@nnaarrnn are you sure about needing a different license?

The comcodes for IP Office 11, for the most part, show licenses as being SE/VIRTUALIZED, with the exception of the ADI upgrade licenses. I believe this requirement was deprecated with the introduction of PLDS licensing.

Source:

https://documentation.avaya.com/bundle/IPOfficeSolutionDescription/page/Server_Edition_licenses.html

https://bovaird.ca/

 

[DigitalG]

for sure , i have a virtual licence

 

[derfloh]

The virtualized license is more expensive because Avaya can't sell you hardware.

IP Office remote service
IP Office certificate check
CLI based call blocking
SCN fallback over PSTN

 

[sizbut]

...or because you're requiring Avaya to build, test and support a whole different set of installation packages.

Stuck in a never ending cycle of file copying.

 

[biv343]

For what its worth, I migrated a physical server (old R220) to a virtual server earlier this week and the license was fine. I stayed on 11.0.4 SP7 though. Neither myself or the customer wanted any potential 11.1 headaches. I backed up the voicemail, sent the config to the new server, restored the voicemail and job was done. Just had to regenerate the license file to the new host ID.

From what Avaya told me when I asked a couple years back, the virtual SE license is used for tracking (and it costs more), but PLDS doesn't differentiate between a virtual SE license and any other SE license.