So, this weekend, attempted to do an upgrade from 8.x to 9.1
This was an upgrade that had been delayed for months, and at the time we originally planned it, we had run an audit and found one device that needed to be removed.
I had THOUGHT that this device had been removed. It was not.
So, we stupidly ran the upgrade, and of course, it would not accept the database, because of the bad device.
We had not choice that I could see but to roll the upgrade back to 8.x, and restore what we had.
So, this brings up two questions:
In what reasonable universe would an upgrade refuse to complete, simply because of a device that could easily just be ignored in the upgrade process.
and, more importantly,
Has there ever been a tool that would allow someone to edit a database to correct or remove something like this, before attempting to upload? For years I have been working on Axxess and Mitel MiVO databases, where you could load a database on your desktop and fix issues, without the need of hardware to do it, but you can't seem to do it with MiVB (which, IMHO, is STOOPID.).