ACS Migration from 4.2 to 5.3(latest)

vishweswaran · ‎06-12-2012

Hi all,

If we need to migrate ACS 4.2 installed on appliance 1113 to ACS 5.3 what all the prerequisites...?

whether any hardware dependencies and the same configurations on 4.2 could be operated on 5.2 even after appliance changes...?

Thanks for your suggestions in advance..

Jatin Katyal · ‎06-12-2012

Hello vishweswaran K,

You cannot migrate from 1113 Appliances directly, so you need to back-up the data from the appliance, set up a migration machine (windows server for ACS install), install the a supported migrated version. Restore the data to this windows ACS. Migrate from this box to ACS 5 (VM or Appliance). More info: http://tools.cisco.com/squish/cd545

ACS 4.x Elements Supported and un-supported in the Migration Process. Whole list is available for your review:

http://tools.cisco.com/squish/b97f5

Feature Comparison of ACS 3.x and 4.x with ACS 5.3

http://tools.cisco.com/squish/77447

Troubleshooting the Migration utility or process:

http://tools.cisco.com/squish/6C688

Evaluating ACS 5.3 on VMware with trial version:

http://tools.cisco.com/squish/55ce7

You can use a single migration machine for migrating to two ACS boxes.

Base permanent license: 500 devices

Large deployment License: un-limited devices

Regards,