config restore from 100F to 200G on 7.2 not working

[olivie]

Hi everyone,

got a new 200G model, used the same firmware as on the 100F, took the config backup of the old device, updated the header in the config and used an usb-device to transfer it to the new device.

After the reboot, no login is possible, wheather via GUI or console. Also the reset-button does not work (even after reboot). If I remove the admin-users from the config, it's the same.

So basically you have to wipe the image and reload it via TFTP, which is of course a pain.

Anybody had similar issues? Does anybody know how to resolve the issue? Thanks!

[Toshi_Esumi]

Virtually nobody would be that brave or bold as you are.
Below is the list of a 100F's physical interfaces. I don't have a 200G so can't tell for sure but at least I know it doesn't have:
    dmz, wan1, wan2, ha1, ha2 (it has one ha instead) interfaces 
also the 200G has additional ports:
    x3, ... x8 interfaces

At least I would match/map the interface config with 200G's physical ports. If you're currently using wan1/wan2 port for your internet circuits/interfaces, even if you're lucky to get it booted up, you need to expect all wan1/wan2 related configuration including policies would be gone. Unless you modify the downloaded 100F config to move the wan1/wan2 config to like port1/port2 then re-name those all wan1/wan2 references by searching the entire config file.

The bottom line is too risky to even try because too many physical differences. If you can't re-configure the new 200G from scratch, or use a converter, I would just copy&paste necessary part of config into the running 200G's CLI. Then adjust whatever needs to be adjusted when it spews error. With that way, you could learn a lot about each part of config and why it looks like that.

LAB-100F01 (interface) # show | grep 'edit \"'
edit "dmz"
edit "mgmt"
edit "wan1"
edit "wan2"
edit "ha1"
edit "ha2"
edit "port1"
edit "port2"
edit "port3"
edit "port4"
edit "port5"
edit "port6"
edit "port7"
edit "port8"
edit "port9"
edit "port10"
edit "port11"
edit "port12"
edit "x1"
edit "x2"
edit "port13"
edit "port14"
edit "port15"
edit "port16"
edit "port17"
edit "port18"
edit "port19"
edit "port20"
---[snip]---

Toshi