Installation Manual 13 - 1Database Migration13Database MigrationSECTION 1 MIGRATING FROM OS/21.1 About MigrationUM8000 supports migration from previous products. This chapterdescribes the steps required to migrate data from DOS, OS/2 andLinux based voice messaging systems to the UM8000 Mail.Migration of most existing data from OS/2 voice messaging systemto a new UM8000 system is possible. The data includes the systemconfiguration settings, subscriber accounts, groups, transactionboxes, interview boxes, voice names and greetings, and messages.On the UM8000 system, verify that the prompt set configuration isidentical to the prompt set configuration of the OS/2 based voicemail system. Otherwise, language settings might not migrateproperly.1.2 Backing Up Data LocallyAfter the backup is complete, compress the files in the properformat to migrate to UM8000. This requires transferring acompression utility to the OS/2 voice messaging system blade.1.2.1 Compressing the OS/2 Backup DataThe following procedure uses CoSesssion to compressthe data, but FTP to transfer the compression utility if theOS/2 FTP server is already configured.To compress the OS/2 voice messaging system backupdata, perform the following procedure:1. On the remote support computer, insert the UM8000support disc into the disk drive.2. Using the CoSession client, connect to the OS/2voice messaging system.3. Browse to the file PKOS2250.EXE on the supportdisc and transfer it to the E:\ directory on the OS/2blade.4. Open a command prompt window on the OS/2system.NOTE Customized prompts cannot be migrated.
