I need to move a few dozen FreePBXen with some commercial modules running in 
individual VMs to a new data center.

I’m trying to work out a plan to move the PBXes to the new data center in a way 
that will be transparent to the endpoints, or at the very least with the 
absolute minimum of downtime.

Some of the installations are rather old, and there’s a handful of 
peculiarities on each, so the typical FreePBX backup/restore process hasn’t 
gone smoothly, at least in our tests.

My current train of thought is to put a clone the VMs in the new data center 
and use Kamailio to route the SIP traffic to the new servers/IPs. I’ve never 
used it before, so I may be barking up the wrong tree, but it /appears/ to do 
what I’m suggesting.

If so, I’m thinking I can install Kamailio on each VM, point it to the local 
asterisk/FreePBX initially, and clone the VM. Then, after the new instance is 
up and running, point Kamailio on the original VM to the cloned VM's asterisk, 
after which I can make appropriate DNS changes.

Another option would be to stand up a single Kamailio server and redirect SIP 
traffic destined for individual asterisk servers to it at the router.

Endpoints are mostly Yealink, and I’m not sure if they’ll feel the need to 
restart when the registration/SIP server’s IP changes, but a quick bounce when 
not in use isn’t the end of the world. I’d very much like to avoid having to 
send an update to each phone manually, but I can script a SIP NOTIFY if 
required.

Anything stupid, wrong, ignorant, or just smelly about this tactic?

Or, for that matter, any other suggestions?
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