Convert FortiNAC VM from VMWare to Hpyer-V?

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September 26, 2024
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Hi, has anyone been able to (or even tried to) convert a running instance of a FortiNAC appliance running in a VMWare environment to a Hyper-V environment? We're looking to move away from vmware and I was curious if I could just move it like I did my windows machines. Any suggestions / tips / words of wisdom are appreciated.

--mike

FortiNAC

AEK

SuperUser

Hello

I'd do it this way:

Install a fresh instance on HyperV (must be the same version)
Make a full config backup of the old FortiNAC
Restore the backup to the new FortiNAC
Test the new FortiNAC before the final swap

Hope it helps.

AEK

ebilcari

Staff

If the setup is still running on CentOS (v9.x), the VM hypervisor migration can be considered like a normal CentOS migration. If the setup is running in FortiNAC-OS than it's not possible to migrate the VM directly because now there are dedicated images for each hypervisor. A fresh VM need to be created and than to migrate the licenses (through Customer Services), the configuration and the database.

Emirjon