Value of Forticonverter

[wezza2]

Hi!

I need to migrate a Fortigate 200E cluster to a Fortigate 200F cluster.

What do you think about Forticonverter? Did it work as expected for you?

How does it work? Is it sufficient to make a "new-interface <-> old-interface" mapping and it produces a working config?

Thank you for your thoughts

ITStril

[chauhans]

Hello @wezza2 
As I understand that you are having a migration query.

It is recommended that the FortiConverter service is used for this task. Please be informed that using forticonverter would require a valid license.

Kindly refer the below document links for using Forticonverter tool.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-load-convert-a-FortiGate-configurat...

Please refer to this document for more information about FortiConverter Service: 
https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticonverter-service/23.1.0/online-help/550685/about-forticonve...

Here is the guide for our Forti Converter Tool: 
https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticonverter/6.0.0/online-help/690794/system-requirements

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticonverter-service/23.1.0/online-help/117818/fortigate-config...

Thanks,

Shaleni

 

[ndumaj]

Hello wezza2

The only think you might need to perform during migration steps you need to map:
"new-interface <-> old-interface"
Additionally, if you are using Fortitoken as 2FA you dont need to reassign.
You can easily verify the converted configuration.

BR

[patelj]

FortiConverter is the best bet but keep in mind, it is not 100% conversion. Some config that is not compatible between both models will need to be adjusted manually.

If your approach is manual conversion, keep a copy of the original configuration at a minimum.

[WayneWile]

Thank you for the advice, I will keep it in my mind and if I want to know more, I will ask here.