132-S-916.2 · Question #139
A customer is installing IMS onto an existing VoiceMail Pro Server. When prompted, what should they do with the current installation?
The correct answer is A. modify. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A customer is installing IMS onto an existing VoiceMail Pro Server. When prompted, what should they do with the current installation?
Options
- Amodify
- Brepair
- Cremove
- Doverwrite
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A75% (18)
- B8% (2)
- C4% (1)
- D13% (3)
Community Discussion
7
Hiroshi T.Apr 5, 2026The correct answer is A, modify. When IMS is being installed on a server that already has VoiceMail Pro present, the installer detects the existing installation and prompts you to choose how to handle it. Selecting "modify" tells the installer to add the IMS components to the current installation without disturbing the existing VoiceMail Pro configuration or data. The other options are wrong for clear reasons: "repair" is for restoring a damaged installation, "remove" uninstalls the product entirely, and "overwrite" is not a valid option presented by the installer in this workflow according to the installation guide for this product. Avaya's official IMS installation documentation specifies the "modify" path explicitly for this co-installation scenario, so if you see this on the exam, do not second-guess it.
Ingrid P.Apr 6, 2026The "modify" path is also worth a dedicated card with the cue side listing the three distractor options and why each fails, since the exam leans on testing that exact discrimination rather than just recall of the correct term.
Lena V.Apr 17, 2026This one showed up on my exam almost word for word, and I almost second-guessed myself into picking "repair" because the existing install felt like something was broken, but the key is that you are adding IMS on top of a working VoiceMail Pro setup, so "modify" is exactly what the installer expects you to select. Lock in A and move on.
Toby R.Apr 20, 2026Saw this one on my actual exam and it tripped me up for a second because "repair" sounds like it could make sense if you think the installer needs to fix something to accommodate IMS. The key is that you are not fixing a broken installation, you are adding IMS on top of an existing VoiceMail Pro setup, so the installer needs to modify the current installation to include the new components. Remove would wipe out your existing config and overwrite is not even a real option in that installer workflow. I remember hovering over B for a moment before I thought about what the word "repair" actually implies in an installation context, then A clicked immediately.
Ingrid P.Apr 27, 2026A is correct, modify preserves existing VoiceMail Pro config during IMS install.
Hiroshi T.Apr 27, 2026That is accurate, but the official installation guide is more precise: Modify retains the existing VoiceMail Pro configuration only when the IMS install detects a supported prior version, so answer A holds only if that version prerequisite is already satisfied, which the question stem implies but is worth noting for the real exam.
Mateus R.May 2, 2026Repair keeps your existing VoiceMail Pro config intact, like patching a roof instead of rebuilding it.