Move Cisco Phones#

provider-only

Overview#

You can move phones between sites only if they are not assigned to users.

When moving a Cisco phone, you can choose whether to move the phone’s associated lines to the target site.

  • If Move lines to new site is selected, any associated lines are moved along with the phone where supported.

  • If Move lines to new site is not selected, the phone is moved without moving its lines. In this case, lines may be disassociated or left unchanged depending on the source and target site dial plan type.

Moving a phone between sites handles the situation where a phone is either physically moved or logically assigned to a different site.

If a phone is assigned in the Associated Devices list of a CUCM user, the phone is moved during a user move. See Move user (without services)

Move Cisco Phone settings#

To move Cisco phones, go to Move Cisco Phone.

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Settings on this field are:

  • Move From Hierarchy: The name of the hierarchy node from which the user will be moved if the conditions are satisfied.

  • Phone Name (Unassociated Phones Only): Only phones which are not associated to users can be moved

  • Move To Hierarchy: The name of the hierarchy node to which the user will be moved if the conditions are satisfied.

  • Move lines to new site: Enable this setting to move any lines associated with the user to the new site (Default: true)

  • Use default CSS at new site: Use the CSS defined as the site default.

  • Calling Search Space at new site: Specify a specific CSS to be used at the new site.

  • Use default device pool at new site: Use the CSS defined as the site default (Default: true)

  • device pool at new site: Choose a specific device pool to be used at the new site

  • Move Phone: Default: true

Restrictions that apply when moving phones#

Phones can be moved between sites within the same customer hierarchy. Moving phones between different customers is not supported.

You can only move phones when the following conditions are met:

  • The phone you wish to move must not be assigned to a user

  • Phones can only be moved from one site to another site:

    • Phones can’t be moved from a customer to a customer.

    • Source and target site must reference the same NDL

    • Source and target site must have the same type of dial plan

    • Source and target site must have the same country

When moving a phone with an intercom line, the line is not moved or updated.

Related topics

Move a Cisco phone#

This procedure moves a Cisco phone to a different hierarchy.

  1. Log in as a provider, reseller, or customer administrator.

  2. Set the hierarchy path to the customer whose phones you are moving.

  3. Go to Move Cisco Phone; then, configure settings:

    • From Move from Hierarchy, select the source site.

    • From Phone Name (Unassociated Phones Only), select a phone.

      Note

      Only standalone (unassigned) phones are displayed for selection. Phones that are currently assigned to users do not appear in the list and must be moved as part of a user move.

    • From Move To Hierarchy, select the target hierarchy.

    • At Move lines to new site:

      • Select Move lines to new site to move the phone together with its associated lines where supported.

        If set to true, enable or disable Use default CSS at new site. If set to false (disabled), select a Calling Search Space at new site.

      • Clear Move lines to new site to move the phone without moving its lines.

      Note

      Line handling depends on the site dial plan type.

    • Enable or disable Use default device pool at new site. If disabled, choose the device pool at the new site.

    • Enable or disable Move Phone to move the move with the settings configured.

  4. To verify that the phone was moved to the correct target site, go to Cisco Phones.

Moving phones from site to site#

provider-only

Only in the Provider deployment

As an administrator, you can move phones from one site to another.

When moving phones between sites, line handling depends on both the site dial plan type and the selection of the Move lines to new site option in the Move Cisco Phone form.

Certain conditions must be met for a site-to-site move to succeed. When moving a phone between sites, VOSS checks the following:

  • The source and target sites must reference the same NDL

  • The source and target sites must have the same country configured

  • The source and target sites must have the same type of site dial plan deployed

  • Whether the phones are assigned to users

  • Whether the phones are under same customer

  • Whether the phones are moving between sites

Note

Quick Add User with phone/line/EM/SNR/voicemail can be added to site and moved across the sites within the same country.

Models and Relations Moved (SLC)

For moves between sites with SLC type dial plans:

  • device/cucm/Phone (includes device/cucm/Line)

Note

  • Lines are disassociated from the phone

  • Warnings are logged for any lines associated with the phone

Models and Relations Moved (Non-SLC)

For moves between sites with non-SLC type dial plans:

  • device/cucm/Phone

  • device/cucm/Line

  • device/cucm/InternalNumberInventory

Note

Warnings are logged for any lines associated with:

  • an E164 Inventory

  • a Call Pickup Group

  • a Hunt Group

  • a Remote Destination

Moving Phones Between Non-SLC Sites with a DNR Configured

For moves between non-SLC sites with directory number routing (DNR) configured at either site, a warning appears stating that any lines associated to the phone being moved may not work correctly unless you take one of the recommended actions provided. See the Advanced Configuration Guide to perform the first recommended action.

Note

  • To see warning messages see the phone move log messages.

  • Moving phones from Non-SLC to Non-dial plan site will not dissociate the lines, but movement from SLC to Non-dial plan site will dissociate the lines.

To support the Overbuild Tool for Managed Services, certain fields in the Phone and Line devices are updated to the target site’s default settings.

Within device/cucm/Phone, the following models and fields are updated:

  • Phone

    • Device Pool Name

    • Location Name

Within device/cucm/Line, the following models and fields are updated:

  • Line

  • Call Forward All

    • Calling Search Space

    • Route Partition Name

    • Share Line AppearanceCssName