Restoration of config files from different hardware platform will work without Forticonverter tool

[M_albahrani]

I wanted to share a method I discovered for migrating configuration files from the old hardware platform to the new hardware platform without using the Forti converter tool.

You can achieve this by copying the initial lines from the new configuration files and pasting them into the old configuration files. Once this is done, you can import the modified old configuration files into the new hardware platform, and it should work perfectly.

Best of luck with the migration process. 

[mhe]

This only works if the interfaces have the same name

[M_albahrani]

You are right. I have imported the configuration to a new HW without matching the names of the interfaces. Actually, this is because the hardware layouts are similar, so it automatically got mapped to the new HW interfaces. 

[Toshi_Esumi]

Also FortiOS version have to be the same, or at least in the same minor versions. Otherwise, it's likely break something.

Toshi

[dingjerry_FTNT]

Hi @M_albahrani ,

In this method, you need to ensure that all interfaces in use have the exactly same names as the ones on the new hardware.  The interfaces that are not in use do not have to be the same name.

And the firmware versions have to be the same, otherwise, some syntaxes may have changed.