Can I turn a primary FreePBX 14 server into a backup?

[Beachtech]

I just got a new client after their FreePBX server went down and the person who set it up was MIA. So I had a small FreePBX 14 server ready to go and set it up quickly so they could continue business. While it works, it is definitely not something I want to leave in for full-time primary use (it’s a beefed up workstation computer I just have standing by for these situations).

I want to install FreePBX 14 on the original phone server now that it has been repaired. Can I move everything from the current server to the original server and make the temp server a backup server? If so, is there a guide to this? I have done FreePBX backups (manual and automatic) and restores before.

Thank you!

[PitzKey (Itzik)]

If they don’t have any commercial modules, I’d use the conversion tool home2.freepbx.org

This way, once you finished migrating, just swap the IP’s and enable the Trunk.

Note: a few directories are not copied over, but can be easily done with rsync. It takes another 50 seconds…

See what’s not copied over, here:

How to: Upgrade FreePBX13 to FreePBX14 on Hyper V - Guide

1. Migration Tool https://wiki.freepbx.org/display/PPS/Elastix+and+PBXinaFlash+to+FreePBX+Distro+Conversion+Tool 2. Transfer of CDR Export / Import OLD PBX: mysqldump --skip-add-drop-table --no-create-db --no-create-info --complete-insert asteriskcdrdb cdr > cdr.sql mysqldump --skip-add-drop-table --no-create-db --no-create-info --complete-insert asteriskcdrdb cel > cel.sql Transfer the sql files to the new server (WinSCP, etc) Run on new PBX: mysql asteriskcdrdb < cdr.sql mysql a…

Then you can setup the beckup server to be a warm spare.

https://wiki.freepbx.org/display/FPG/Warm+Spare+Setup