ExpressWay Hardware Migration 11.5

[Juraj Papic]

Hello,

I have my 2 expressways with version 11.x and I need to do a hardware migration (no changes no updates) is there any best practices for this?

thanks. 

[Nithin Eluvathingal]

There is no  expressway 11.X. After 8.x its 12.x and 14.x. What are you trying to achieve ? 

[Juraj Papic]

Hello,

sorry it was my bad with the version its 8.x and the task is to move the expressway from one old hardware to a new hardware.

thanks. 

[Nithin Eluvathingal]

Backup can be restored on the same versions.

Take backup from the old, On new hardware install the same versions and use the backup.

[Roger Kallberg]

On the assumption that your Expw are virtual, aka a VM in ESXi, you only would need to use vMotion to move it to the new hardware.

[Juraj Papic]

Hello Roger,

For this site we don't have Vmotion we only have ESXI.

Thanks. 

[Roger Kallberg]

You can do an offline move of the VM by copying the VM files manually between the ESXi hosts.

[Juraj Papic]

Will the task "export vm" will do the same a moving the files?

thanks. 

[Roger Kallberg]

Sorry, but that’s out of my area of expertise. I got some basic knowledge of VMware, but not on a deep level. I hope that someone else can give you help on this.

[Juraj Papic]

For cucm 11.x i was doing that,  I was doing a new install and then a restore. the only things to take care was the MAC. Do you think this will do the job for the expressways?

thanks. 

[Nithin Eluvathingal]

You can rehost the license by opening a License TAC. Provide them the SO# or  PAK details, TAC will provide you the new keys.