topic move AP to 2nd WLC: Script? in Wireless

move AP to 2nd WLC: Script?

bouchal-38 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 10:07:51 GMT

hello, i need to move 250 AP from the Primary WLC to the Secondary, is there a Script i can use? or commande line to switch the HA ?

I do not have Prime...

Tx for your help on this!

hello, i need to move 250 AP

Leo Laohoo — Mon, 04 May 2015 09:28:54 GMT

hello, i need to move 250 AP from the Primary WLC to the Secondary, is there a Script i can use?

Use CLI. It's faster.

1. First, generate a "report" of the total amount of APs using the command "sh ap summary".

2. Get the result and remove all the details except the name of the AP.

3. The command to move the AP from one controller to the other is: config ap primary <WLC name> <AP NAME> <WLC Management IP address>

4. Cut and paste in the controller where the AP is located and the APs should move in the next 20 seconds.

hello, thanx for this answer,

bouchal-38 — Mon, 04 May 2015 09:52:40 GMT

hello, thanx for this answer, but as i already have a secondeary and primary WLC configured, i need to first remove the Secondary and enter the primary, becasue the IP and name should be UNIQUE.

Is there a way to switch (put the secondary to primary and viseversa ?)???

Tx for your answer.

Put a fictitious name and IP

Leo Laohoo — Mon, 04 May 2015 11:24:57 GMT

Put a fictitious name and IP address as your primary and then put the correct details into your secondary. Then reverse.

Since you already have the

Scott Fella — Mon, 04 May 2015 12:43:16 GMT

Since you already have the primary/secondary configured, you just need to put a bogus primary host name and IP address. This will make the AP's move to the secondary and when your ready to move them back, just add the primary info back in. CLI is the fastes way to do this.

-Scott

bouchal-38 if you have Prime

Bruno Dinis — Tue, 05 May 2015 09:31:29 GMT

bouchal-38 if you have Prime Infrastructure installed, it's easy to create a template and apply it to all devices you want.

let me know if you have PI installed so I can guide you to do it.

I always do templates instead of scripting.

hello, thanks to all of you

bouchal-38 — Tue, 05 May 2015 09:48:47 GMT

hello, thanks to all of you for those response, i do not have prime installed. But the CLI is very easy.

That's what i was expecting.

Tx.

Re: bouchal-38 if you have Prime

bill_paulson1 — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:35:41 GMT

Hey Bouchel, We have PRIME just rebuilt and I read several times it's easy to use the templates for AP moving but do not have a clue how to go about it moving 87 APs to the primary controller then back to secondary and then back to primary for some maintenance that needs to be done.

point to fake controller

Config ap primary-base “fake-WLC” ap-name 0.0.0.0
Config ap secondary-base “fake-WLC2” ap-name 2.2.2.2

Then point to real controller

Config ap primary-base “real-WLC” ap-name “real-ip-address”
Config ap secondary-base “real-WLC2” ap-name “real-ip-address”

Re: move AP to 2nd WLC: Script?

biaacer2 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:16:58 GMT

If you don't have Prime I suggest using a Excel sheet.

Get the output of:

config paging disable

show ap summary

From there, select the APs you want to move and copy paste them in Excel.

concante the <AP_NAME> with this command:

config ap primary-base <WLC_NAME> <AP_NAME> <WLC_IP>

Expand the formula and paste these commands in your existing WLC.

Hope it helps, otherwise I would advise to open a TAC case and have someone help you.

Re: move AP to 2nd WLC: Script?

ecarbajo — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:09:15 GMT

Here is a method , valid for Catalyst 9800, a python script using netconf.

https://github.com/eliascarbajo/Cisco-wlc-APs-swap