Setting up a repository

The MiVoice Business Migration Tool requires the MiVoice Business 9.0 or later software file for the migration (migration with media replacement,  full migration, or migration of an unlicensed system). The tool supports the following repositories for the storing software file:

NOTE: This procedure is not applicable if you performing a pre-migration audit.

Software image zip file

Ensure that you have downloaded the software zip file corresponding to the software on the replacement HDD/CF (For example, MiVB_ppc_image_9.1.x.x.zip) from the Software Download Center page on Mitel MIACCESS.

Internal repository (Recommended)

The following procedures provides the instructions to set up an internal repository:

  1. In a local repository, create a new folder with the software load number as the folder name. For example, C:\XYZ\9.1.x.x.

  2. Unzip the software zip file (For example, MiVB_ppc_image_9.1.x.x.zip) to the folder created in the previous step.

External repository (Optional)

Set up an HTTP Server and a Custom Repository:

The following procedure provides instructions to set up an HTTP repository as custom repository:

Before you begin

Ensure that:

 

If IIS is not installed, see Installing IIS.

Installing IIS

To install IIS on your PC:

  1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, and type appwiz.cpl in the search field, and then press ENTER.

The Programs and Features window is displayed.

  1. Click Turn Windows features on or off.
    The Windows Features window is displayed.


  1. Expand Internet Information Services, and select the following check boxes:

  1. Click OK to install IIS.

Setting up a custom repository

To set up a custom repository:

  1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, enter inetmgr in the search field, and then press ENTER.
    The Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager window is displayed. 

  1. In the Connections pane, double-click the first entry (usually your PC name).

  1. Double-click the Sites folder to expand it.

  1. Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Add Virtual Directory.
    The Add Virtual Directory window is displayed.

 

  1. In the Alias field, enter a name for the virtual directory (for example, SWRepo).

  2. In the Physical path field, enter the physical path directory that will contain the software (for example, C:\Program Files\UpgradeFiles\).

  3. Unzip the software zip file (For example, MiVB_ppc_image_9.1.0.92.zip) to the folder specified in the Physical path field. Unzipping the software zip file causes extraction of the software to a folder named X.X.X.XXX (where X.X.X.XXX is the software version).

  4. Click OK. The virtual directory that you created is displayed under Default Web Site in the Connections panel.

  5. Double-click the virtual directory that you created. The virtual directory Home is displayed on the main screen of the window.

  6. Double-click Authentication, select Anonymous Authentication, and click Enable in the Actions pane.

  7. In the Connections pane, double-click the virtual directory you created. The virtual directory Home is displayed on the main screen of the window.

  8. Double-click Directory Browsing, and click Enable in the Actions panel.

  9. In the Connections panel, click Default Web Site.
    The Default Web Site Home is displayed on the main screen of the window.

  10. Double-click MIME Types on the main screen. The MIME Types is displayed on the main screen of the window.

  11. Click Add in the Actions panel.
    The Add MIME Type dialog box is displayed.

  12. In the File name extension field, type .md5.

  13. In the MIME type field, type text/plain.

  14. Click OK.
    The MIME type is added to the list of MIME Types.

  15. Repeat steps 14 through 18 to add the following MIME types:

    File name extension

    MIME type

    .dtb

    application/octet-stream

    .iso

    application/octet-stream

    .bz2

    application/bz2

    .u-boot

    application/x-gzip

    .md5

    text/plain

    .s3

    text/plain

    .map-ax

    text/plain

    .map-cxii

    text/plain

    .map-mxeiii

    text/plain

    .ax

    text/plain

    .cxii

    text/plain

    .mxeiii

    text/plain

    .srec

    text/plain

    .

    text/plain

    .txt

    text/plain

  16. To access the software using a browser, enter http://<server IP address>/<virtual directory name> in the address bar of your browser (for example, http://10.35.83.83/SWRepo).

Set up a TFTP Server and a Custom Repository

You can set up a TFTP repository on your local computer to host the Mitel’s PPC Installer images for a fresh installation of the MiVoice Business system:

  1. Go to http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32_download.html and download the latest version of the TFTP service (tftpd64 installer).

  2. Double-click the downloaded file, and double-click Tftpd64-4.62-setup to install the TFTP service. Ensure that the Destination Folder is the same as the Physical path of the HTTP service you installed earlier (see Step 6 in Set up an HTTP Server and a Custom Repository).

  3. After installation is successfully completed, double-click the tftpd64 application file in the Tftpd64 folder to launch the TFTP service.

  4. In the Current Directory field, enter the folder path of the installed TFTP service; this is also the folder path to the TFTP repository.

The Server interfaces field automatically fills in the IP address of your computer system, which is also the IP address of the TFTP server.

  1. Click the Settings button.
    The Tftpd64 window opens.

  2. Under the TFTP tab, enter the folder path of the installed TFTP service in the Base Directory field.

  3. Under the Global tab, ensure that the TFTP Server option is selected in the Start Services section.

  4. Under the Syslog tab, enable logging by selecting the Save syslog messages option and specifying the location where you want to save the logs.