topic Fmc migration in Network Security

Fmc migration

Vishal6 — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:57:14 GMT

We are planning to move the Cisco FMC server from the CentOS KVM server to the Ubuntu 22.04 KVM server. Does anyone have any document for same. Additionally what are the precaution need to take to address this

Re: Fmc migration

Marvin Rhoads — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:00:43 GMT

This type of "migration" is not covered in any Cisco documents or tools. However, you should be able to restore a backup from the current FMC to a new installation on the new server provided the version and content updates (Snort, VDB etc.) match. The new server should have the same IP address as the old one.

Re: Fmc migration

Vishal6 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:00:13 GMT

Hi Marvin,

We need to build a fresh Fmc,license it and then migrate the backup from previous fmc to new one ?

Re: Fmc migration

rushispace — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:20:42 GMT

Hi vishal6,

it would be the same you need to build fresh fmc into Ubuntu server with same FMC-version and and content updates (Snort, VDB etc.) as @Marvin Rhoads said however for licensing you need to remove previous entitlement from the smart licensing portal and assign them with new fmc for the ip of the FMC will be remain the same before the migration u need to shut down the old fmc.

Re: Fmc migration

Marvin Rhoads — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:05:25 GMT

@rushispace that's correct.

@Vishal6 yes - build fresh and then migrate - with the license considerations mentioned by @rushispace