Upgrading Partner Mail VS

[89549]

Hello, how can I upgrade the Partner VS mail Rel 1 to Rel 5 ? Can it be done by installing the rel 5 backup and restore PCMCIA card? If not how would you go about upgrading the voicemail? Thanks TJ

 

[392]

That is a hardware upgrade, not a software or license upgrade. In some circles it's known as a "forklift upgrade" because you have to replace the old, not alter the old.

VS R1s go for ~$250 on eBay, half the price of an R5. The best way is to sell the old to finance the new.

 

[drewmich]

There is NO way to upgrade a VS R1.0 to VS R5.0. The VS R5.0 utilizes a completely different circuit board/component design platform.

Andrew Roach
President - Drew Telecom Group, Inc.
Lucent/Avaya Voice Mail-Component-Transtalk Repair Specialists
Lucent/Avaya Telecom Brokers/Resellers
drew@triton.net
269-685-5400 - voice
269-685-5500 - fax

 

[itpphoneguy]

Hi 89549,
Why not go all the way to the R6? You can then backup the voicemail to a hard drive / CD / or Zip.
-Chris

 

[89549]

Thanks everyone for all the help. TJ

 

[upstateny]

If you go to the Partner Messaging R1 you will be able to add the spell by name directory that is missing in the VS R5 - only major feature missing is ability to save messages as new (included in Partner Messaging R6)