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AEK
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FortiMail config migration

Hi FortiMail integrators

What are the "recommended" method(s) to migrate a configuration from FML hardware to FML VM?

AEK
AEK
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Anthony_E
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hello Abedlkrim,

 

 I hope you are doing well :)


Thank you for using the Community Forum. I will seek to get you an answer or help. We will reply to this thread with an update as soon as possible.


Thanks,

Anthony-Fortinet Community Team.
Anthony_E
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hello Abdelkrim,

 

We are still looking for someone to help you.

We will come back to you ASAP.


Regards,

Anthony-Fortinet Community Team.
AEK

Hi Antony

No worries since I already migrated my FML :) So nothing urgent.

But still if there is a good info to share by someone I'll take it for my next FML migration.

AEK
AEK
Anthony_E
Community Manager
Community Manager

Thank you :)!

I m sure somebody will provide you a good information :)!

 

Regards,

Anthony-Fortinet Community Team.
Anthony_E
Community Manager
Community Manager

hi @vraev,

 

Do you have any idea concerning Abdelkrim's question, please?

 

Regards,

Anthony-Fortinet Community Team.
CL1
New Contributor III

Hello AEK,

 

Will you please share the steps or tips you've done to migrate the Fortimail ?

 

Thank you in advance

Kind regards,

AEK

Hello Celina

Note that my FML was in gateway mode.

I did it with a primitive method:

  1. First thing I did is to align at the same version for FML physical appliance and FML VM.
  2. Then run full backup on the physical appliance.
  3. After that I opened the backup file, took the relevant config sections and pushed them one by one to the CLI of new FML VM.

 

Before doing so I already tried restore full backup from physical appliance to the VM following the advice of a FML admin, but got some serious issues of connectivity to FortiGuard that couldn't be fixed. So I abandoned this quick method and I did it with the above mentioned primitive method that worked well for me.

Hope it helps.

AEK
AEK
CL1
New Contributor III

Hello AEK,

 

Thank you for your quick response, those tips were really helpful, i will try them on my next mission hopefully

 

Thank you for your help

Kind regards,

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