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

[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