Chapter 2 Understanding The Migration Process; Overview - Nortel Meridian Mail Utility Manual

Chapter 2
Understanding the migration process
In this chapter
"Overview" (page 11)
"Migration task flow" (page 13)
"Migration limitations" (page 16)
"Reference documents" (page 18)

Overview

About this guide
This guide provides guidelines and detailed information for the migration
of a Meridian Mail* system to a CallPilot system. You must have a good
knowledge of the Meridian Mail and CallPilot systems to be able to perform
a migration. For a comparison of Meridian Mail and CallPilot, refer to
Appendix "Meridian Mail and CallPilot comparison" (page
Introduction to the migration process
A migration from Meridian Mail to CallPilot* consists of two major steps:
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The number of tapes necessary for a migration depends on the size of
the Meridian Mail system.
During a migration from Meridian Mail to CallPilot, both systems must be out
of service for a variable period of time. The length of this period depends on
the system size, data volume, and number of users that must be migrated.
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collection of Meridian Mail data on tape
transfer of the collected data from tape to CallPilot
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Meridian Mail to CallPilot Migration Utility Guide
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