TIPS inplace upgrade to 2020 possible?

[jreming]

When I decided to switch datacenters (from texas to east coast / 40mi from my home) for my PBX server I could have swore I installed the latest 2020 version and just did a restore on top of it with my previous 16 version.

I could be wrong but its showing as 16 in the updates, dashboard shows Incredible PBX 15.0.16.75 w/ Asterisk 16.8.0.

In root I have both IncrediblePBX2020.sh and IncrediblePBX16-15.sh and was wondering since I can not do snapshots on my current setup would I be able to run IncrediblePBX2020.sh to bring my system to 2020 or would it be better just to rebuild it as 2020?

Thanks

 

[wardmundy]

If it ain't broke...

Leave well enough alone. Or you can start anew and not restore from an older release.

 

[jreming]

Yea thats the plan but I miss the updates.

But even if I did eventually update from the looks of it my backups would be useless as it would just revert it back to the same version

 

[kenn10]

You're already running FreePBX 15 so update all your modules to the latest versions. Then run a FreePBX backup and copy it to your PC desktop. Then you can blow away your current installation, install IncrediblePBX 2020 and restore the FreePBX backup from the old system. I've done this a couple of times and it works well.

There used to be a lot of issues with the FreePBX 15 backup module but they've worked out most of the bugs now. This will pretty much take care of your general PBX functions.

You'll need to re-add any whitelisted IP's or FQDN's using the /root/add-ip and /root/add-fqdn commands. Anything on the old system that was accomplished at the Linux level will need to be recreated on the new system, including your voicemail to email setup, IncredibleFax2020, and the go-public scripts (if desired.)

 

[jreming]

You're already running FreePBX 15 so update all your modules to the latest versions. Then run a FreePBX backup and copy it to your PC desktop. Then you can blow away your current installation, install IncrediblePBX 2020 and restore the FreePBX backup from the old system. I've done this a couple of times and it works well.

There used to be a lot of issues with the FreePBX 15 backup module but they've worked out most of the bugs now. This will pretty much take care of your general PBX functions.

You'll need to re-add any whitelisted IP's or FQDN's using the /root/add-ip and /root/add-fqdn commands. Anything on the old system that was accomplished at the Linux level will need to be recreated on the new system, including your voicemail to email setup, IncredibleFax2020, and the go-public scripts (if desired.)

Thats part of the issue, when I moved to my new datacenter I installed 2020 and after installing I did a restore from 16-15. The restore overwrote everything 2020 and it now shows as 16-15.

Thats why I have both 16 and 2020 install scripts in /root/ and all my logs start on 02-25-2020 while my files are showing created in 2019.

I think the only way to do it is either find a way to restore it back to 2020, or install 2020 and manually config it.

IDK I may be wrong and misremembering the whole thing but downloading my latest backup to double check what was backed up

*Update* just checked the backup and that looks like that is what happened, it overwrite it all

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[kenn10]

Did you do a FreePBX backup and restore or an Incredible Backup and Incredible Restore? The FreePBX backup should not modify the Incredible version or write anything to your /root directory.

 

[jreming]

Did you do a FreePBX backup and restore or an Incredible Backup and Incredible Restore? The FreePBX backup should not modify the Incredible version or write anything to your /root directory.

I used the ./incrediblebackup16 and ./incrediblerestore16 script like always

File from my backup server


Atleast incrediblepbx is still more reliable (for me) then when I was using FreePBX 5 years ago, after the first year my disk would fill up with some activation error msg within hours of reboot. Never figured out what wasnt working just got tired of trying to figure it out after a week, will never go back to that pos.

 

[kenn10]

If your system is operational, follow my instructions from #4 above and you should be fine. Otherwise, rebuild from scratch. That is certainly your choice. Your system /root files and /etc files are corrupted. You FreePBX installation is not. Do not use Incrediblebackup and Incrediblerestore in this instance while you try to rebuild.

 

[jreming]

If your system is operational, follow my instructions from #4 above and you should be fine. Otherwise, rebuild from scratch. That is certainly your choice. Your system /root files and /etc files are corrupted. You FreePBX installation is not. Do not use Incrediblebackup and Incrediblerestore in this instance while you try to rebuild.

There is no issue with it, its been running fine since I did the restore in feb. I just asked is there a way I can bring it back to 2020 without having to rebuild it.

But thanks, I will do the backup/restore from the GUI next time I need to rebuild.