Migrating announcements in bulk

Last Updated : Sep 02, 2025 |

About this task

You can migrate announcements to Avaya Aura® Private Cloud.

During the migration process, you can make changes to the on-premises system. Cloud Migration Tool regularly synchronizes the on-premises and Avaya Aura® Private Cloud systems.

Before you begin

  • Make the setup ready. For information, see Planning checklist.

  • Download the BulkAnnouncementMigrationSample.csv file on your computer and fill in the announcement details.

    For more information, see Downloading the announcement migration sample worksheet.

Procedure

  1. On Cloud Migration Tool, click Migration > Announcement.
  2. On the Bulk Announcement Migration page, in the Name field, type the name of the bulk announcement migration request.

    By default, Name displays as the following: BulkAnnouncementMigration_<MMDDYYYY>_<cloud migration server name>

    For example, BulkAnnouncementMigration_7162024_cloudmigrationservername

  3. In the Select File field, click Choose File to locate and select the cloud migration worksheet from your computer.
  4. In the Select Media Zip File field, click Choose File to locate and select the media file from your computer.
  5. From Source CM, select an on-premises Communication Manager server.
  6. From Template, select an announcement template to create a new announcement.
  7. Click Next.
  8. On the Review page, review the details.

    The Review page displays the total number of entries, pending, valid, and invalid entries.

  9. Click Submit.

    Cloud Migration Tool displays the Confirmation dialog box with the following message:

    All database checks completed. Proceed to migrate/move all records in spreadsheet.
  10. Click Yes.

    Cloud Migration Tool displays the processed entries data on the Result page.

  11. On the Result page, view the records.

    The Result page displays the total number of entries, processed, pending, successful, and failed entries.

Result

When an announcement is migrated from the on-premises system to the Avaya Aura® Private Cloud system, the announcement still exists on the on-premises system, but the name of that announcement is changed to Migrated.