Don't quite follow. If the phones have a backup proxy configured, wouldn't that mean they would only register with that backup proxy if the primary was unavailable? In that case, they'd only be registered with a single proxy, not two.
We're using polycom phones... they support DNS SRV and seem to work (mostly) well. Phones haven't seemed to have been the issue. > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:33 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Failover without SER > > > Well, most phones have a backup proxy setting, so we've got > all our phones > configured to register with both servers using the backup > proxy, with an > outbound proxy set up so the phones can call out from any > server that's > available. We just got the outbound proxy stuff working, so we can > literally walk in the server room and unplug a call server > and only lose > calls that are in progress, and nobody would know the > difference. We just > got some polycoms in, I'm kinda excited to see how well they > handle the > redundancy. The way we have it set up, we can drop a whole > new server > into the cluster, change like 3 lines of dialplan code, and > add the server > to the proxy list and voila, another server handling more call load :) > > Aaron > > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Douglas Garstang wrote: > > > Here's the $64,000 question... how are you handling > redundant registrations? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Aaron Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:32 AM > >> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > >> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Failover without SER > >> > >> > >> We've actually got two servers handling all the call volume, > >> and when one > >> server goes down, the other one fields all phone calls. > >> We're using a > >> combination of dialplan magic and dns to make it work. As > >> long as your > >> phones can handle multiple ip's for host records and you've got the > >> dialplan set up right, HA is fairly easy to get working right. > >> > >> Aaron > >> > >> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Bryan Mahin wrote: > >> > >>> Well, I should say... Sporadically I can register to the > virtual ip. > >>> Other times I can't. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bryan > >>> Mahin > >>> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:56 PM > >>> To: Asterisk-Users > >>> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Failover without SER > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Hello all, I first want to thank everyone for all your > >> contributions. > >>> I've building an asterisk system for a month or so now and without > >>> everyone in the online asterisk community I wouldn't have > >> made it this > >>> far yet. Thanks! ...ok, mushiness out of the way.. :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I am looking for a failover and ultimately a load > balancing asterisk > >>> solution. I've done a good bit of research and I haven't > >> really found > >>> any information for implementing an Asterisk only failover or load > >>> balancing solution. Everyone seems to use SER along with > asterisk to > >>> accomplish this goal. SER with asterisk may be in my > >> future, but for now > >>> I need to get this system up and running. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I've setup heartbeat (ultramonkey), and are able to take my > >> primary box > >>> offline and have the second machine take over, but it isn't > >> working in > >>> regards to asterisk. I can't register phones to the virtual > >> ip. I can > >>> ssh into the virtual ip but my soft phones wont register. > I get the > >>> following error. Is this normal? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Does anyone have any experience with this sort of setup > >> without the use > >>> of SER? > >>> > >>> Bryan Mahin > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> > >>> Rediscover Personal Service with UNETA > >>> > >>> Please visit us @ www.uneta.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Aaron Daniel > >> Computer Systems Technician > >> Sam Houston State University > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> (936) 294-4198 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >> > >> Asterisk-Users mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > -- > Aaron Daniel > Computer Systems Technician > Sam Houston State University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (936) 294-4198 > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
