Matthew,

The only thing additional that I do is 'service sipxecs stop' before I do
the 'yum update sipxecs'.

And then when the PBX comes back up, send server profile, and then send all
phone profiles.

Mike

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Matthew Kitchin (public/usenet) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to upgrade from 4.0.4 to 4.2.1 in the next week or so.
> I have tested everything I know to test, and don't see any issues I
> can't deal with.
>
> I'm currently running
> -4.0.4
> -CentOS 5.4 64 Bit.
> -Polycom Soundpoint 450s and 550s
> -Polycom Soundstation 6000s
> -All Polycoms running Bootrom 4.2.1 and firmware 3.1.3 Rev C Split
> -Sipxbridge with Verizon VoIP
> -Auidocodes MP 118 FXO with 5.4 firmware for emergency
> -Microsoft Domain certificate authority internally generated SSL cert
> -Using ACD and Autoattendants
> -Permissions change to allow Polycoms to upload their user settings
> -Variety of headsets
> -No remote phones
>
> That is about all I can think of for what I am running. I do not plan to
> change the polycom firmwares.
>
> I plan to point my repo files to the staple 4.2.1 build repo below
> [sipXecs]
> name=sipXecs build service for CentOS $releasever - $basearch
> baseurl=http://download.ezuce.com/sipfoundry/4.2.1/CentOS_5
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=0
>
> -run yum update sipxecs
> -using yum, remove 4.0.4 FTP package that fails to uninstall
> -restart all phones (not sure if this is necessary or not). On my test
> machines, the server tried unsuccessfully to restart phones. I can power
> cycle them at the switch level if needed.
> -Check all the basic functionality (ACD, Voicemail, PIN change,
> Autoattendant, MOH, transfer, forward, Web GUI for end users)
>
> That is about it.
>
> As far as failback, I assume the only option is to reinstall 4.0.4 and
> restore from backup. If voicemails were left on the 4.2.1 before failing
> back, I would have to manuallly locate them in a backup of the 4.2.1
> system I took before failing back to 4.0.4.
>
> Does anyone see any major issues with this? It has all worked in
> testing, but obviously my test setup doesn't have the amount uf users,
> devices, etc that production has.
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
>
>
>
>
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