Convert FortiNAC VM from VMWare to Hpyer-V?

[mtumolo_73]

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

[AEK]

Hello

I'd do it this way:

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

Hope it helps.

[ebilcari]

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.

[Sx11]

You can check this migration guide in case you will perform a migration from CentOS to NACOS when moving to Hyper-V: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortinac/9.4.0/single-appliance/836940/overview