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gmiretzky
gmiretzky
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February 19, 2018
Question

FW Migration between ADOMs

  • February 19, 2018
  • 1 reply
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Hi, 

 

We upgraded our FW machine from 5.4 to 5.6 (5.6.2) version, and now we would like to move it to a new ADOM under fortianalyzer. 

Our Fortianalyzer already have 2 ADOMs , one for 5.4 and the other for 5.6 with one machine already in 5.6 and we will need to move the others as well. 

 

What is the best practice to migrate machines between ADOMs where: 

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  • We would not like to loss any data/logs 
  • We will need to migrate all and then remove the old ADOM 
  • We want to avoid the need to use 2 ADOMs for the same device (one for old logs and one for new logs)
  • We need to create and manage disk usage (the 5.6 ADOM have only 7GB of storage while the 5.4 have about 200G)[/ul]

     

    Any help / docs / Manuals will be much appreciated. 

     

    Thanks. 

    Guy

    • 1 reply

    romanr
    romanr
    New Member
    February 19, 2018

    Hey,

     

    using different ADOMs for different FortiOS Versions is only relevant for the Fortimanager features. In FAZ you can use 5.4 and 5.6 in the same ADOM, as there aren't major differences in terms of logging.

     

    ADOMs in Fortianalyzer will only take care about the presentation of the data. Data will be only stored once.

     

    Br,

    Roman

    gmiretzky
    gmiretzkyAuthor
    New Member
    February 19, 2018

    Hi Roman, 

    Thank you for the quick reply. 

     

    We would like to migrate the machines to the new ADOM, even if there are no major differences in terms of logging, i think it will be a good practice. 

     

    What will be a good methodology for accomplish that ? 

    We can enter the 5.6 ADOM settings (under system settings -> All ADOMs ) and click on add device. This will give me a list of devices that are corrently on 5.4 ADOM and i can add them, but i am not sure what will happen? 

    [ul]
  • Will it remove them from the other ADOM? 
  • Will it migrate the old logs? [/ul]

     

    As i said, we have a smaller disk for the 5.6 ADOM as it only had 1 device. Should we add another disk ? Can we resize the corrent disk? 

     

    What do you think? 

     

    Thanks. 

    Guy

    • romanr
    romanr
    New Member
    February 19, 2018

    Hi,

     

    what kind of product and software version are you using? FortiOS version in Fortianalyzer should only apply, if you have activated Fortimanager features... Or are you having a Fortimanager? A normal Fortianalyer should not bring a FortiOS version with its ADOMs.

     

    - Yes the device will be removed from the other ADOM

    - The storage demand will be recalculated, there is no physical movements on the logs... and there are no disks/ADOM

    - You will just have to set your ADOM storage limits accordingly after moving.

     

    Br,

    Roman

     

     

     

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