There was definitely a big point made about being able to restore backups from a post 4.2 environment forward...
Having to re-install every time there is a major version change was/is a huge hassle - it definitely keeps folks at bay from using some of the newer features - I know I was hesitant moving from 3.10 <=> 4.0 <=> 4.2 because I essentially had to export all the users and remember the various passwords for itsps - etc... it's not difficult - but getting a production system back up and running asap is important. If I can go from 2 hours to 10 minutes of down time...that's huge. I would imagine that folks that have this in production need an easy way to get current. Unfortunately, being a geek, I always want the latest and greatest... ------------- as far as backing up an older version and restoring onto a newer one, yes, that *used* to be discouraged, but I think the policy changed on that at some point. Can anyone confirm that? The only problem is that the hostname, certs and ip address all gets restored so it's PITA to use IMHO. This message and any files transmitted with it are intended only for the individual(s) or entity named. If you are not the intended individual(s) or entity named you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance upon its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender, delete the original, and destroy all copies. Email transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Garrett County Government therefore does not accept any liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission. Garrett County Government, 203 South Fourth Street, Courthouse, Oakland, Maryland 21550 www.garrettcounty.org _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/
