Migrate settings

General Help
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Sir/Madam,

I would like to migrate my Pika Warp FreePBX to a new ASUS Mini ITX unit I have put together. I like the Pika unit but find it is slow (the OS runs from a SDCARD)… I have all my settings on the Pika, and apart from its lack of speed, it is working fine. I have upgraded the Pika to the latest FreePBX so it matches the version on the ASUS Mini ITX (which I prepared with the 64 bit Distro).

Now, what I want to backup are my SIP/DAHDI/IAX lines, extensions routes, dial plans and ring groups. (I dont need my audio files - I loaded the English voice prompts on the ASUS which I purchased already and have no voicemails I would like to keep) so the new ASUS unit takes on the settings of the Pika. The DAHDI with the ASUS uses a PCI card with 2xFXO and 2xFXS. The Pika uses bespoke FXO-FXS cards/DAHDI driver so I dont want to copy these drivers over, just the settings. I have mae sure that I am not using any FXO/FXS ports of the Pika that I have not got ready on the ASUS.

Can anyone give me some direction with the backup module? I dont mind if I can get the basic settings over, I can then tweak the rest. I want to keep the new ASUS unit as free of clutter as I can, it runs like greased lightening which I would like to keep so…

Many thanks in advance. FreePBX is superb, its a bit of a learning curve but well worth the effort once you get your head around all the terminology…

Dan

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I would skip using the backup and restore module and just export what you need out of the DB with mysqldump.

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Skyking,

Cheers for such a fast reply.

I have a big thick book on Freepbx and Centos - both of which I am a quarter way through. Linux and ssh can be quite daunting at first, but I am getting there slowly… I have not read anything on sqldump as yet so if you can give me any pointers it would be much appreciated…

Take care

Dan

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Have you worked with SQL on any platform?

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Skyking,

I skipped through the book and picked up the SQL section, a couple of trial runs later, and would you believe, I managed to sort it all. The new system works so fast (I specced it with dual core proc. and SSD HD - 16BG main mem) FreePBX via the web interfcae is a pleasure to use - very fast. Note I had some audio issues too with the Pika Warp (which I put down to a slow SDCARD main HD drive setup), all of which are no more, so a happy chap.

Cheers for your help - the lastest distro is superb, very clean and much more logical in its layout…

Dan :wink:

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Glad I got you pointed in the right direction.