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February 28, 2020
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Migrate Fortimanager to new appliance

  • February 28, 2020
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I'm moving FortiManger (and Analzyer) from hyper-v to KVM. Is it as simple as spinning up the new appliance and restoring the config or are there steps to do after that? 

 

I've setup the new appliance and restored the config but I don't see any of my policies/objects/scripts. Is there a separate step for this? All I can find for documentation is this: https://help.fortinet.com/fmgr/50hlp/56/5-6-2/FMG-FAZ/2400_System_Settings/0200_Dashboard/0430_Migrating%20the%20Configuration.htm

 

Thanks

    Best answer by chall_FTNT

    A restore won't work because the model is changing.  Use migrate.  See Technical Note: Using 'exec migrate' to migrate to a new FortiAnalyzer / FortiManager model

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    chall_FTNT
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    February 28, 2020

    A restore won't work because the model is changing.  Use migrate.  See Technical Note: Using 'exec migrate' to migrate to a new FortiAnalyzer / FortiManager model

    random_guy
    random_guyAuthor
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    February 28, 2020

    chall wrote:

    A restore won't work because the model is changing.  Use migrate.  See Technical Note: Using 'exec migrate' to migrate to a new FortiAnalyzer / FortiManager model

    So export backup the config from the current FortiManager, then use exec migrate to import the config to the new appliance? 

    chall_FTNT
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    chall_FTNT
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    February 28, 2020

    Yes.  As outlined in the link I provided.

    https://kb.fortinet.com/k...amp;externalId=FD41305

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