ACS to ISE

[David James]

I learned today in my ACS 5.x course of an ISE module that would allow an ACS appliance 5.x that would convert, if that is the right word, the ACS appliance to ISE. Is this correct? is there more information about this?

[Jatin Katyal]

Hi David,

I guess you're looking for more information to migrate ACS 5.x to ISE. If that is correct, you may follow the doc's mentioned below.

Cisco Secure ACS 5.1/5.2 to Cisco ISE 1.1 Migration Overview

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.1/migration_guide/ise_mig_overview.html

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Jatin Katyal

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[Ravi Singh]

If you want to migarte from ACS 5.3 to ISE 1.2, please follow the below link.This guide describes the process for migrating  data from a Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS), Release 5.3  database to a Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Release 1.2,  appliance using the Cisco Secure ACS to Cisco ISE Migration Tool.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/migration_guide/ise_mig_preface.html

[Venkatesh Attuluri]

You can migrate to the latest Cisco ISE release only from the latest ACS 5.x release. You must upgrade to the latest ACS 5.x release before you plan to migrate to the latest Cisco ISE release.

Cisco ISE supports data migration from Cisco Secure ACS 5.1 and 5.2 using the Cisco Secure ACS-ISE  Migration Tool. If you are running Cisco Secure ACS 3.x or Cisco Secure ACS 4.x, you must first upgrade to Cisco Secure ACS 5.0.

After you reach the Cisco Secure ACS 5.0 level, you can then upgrade to Cisco Secure ACS 5.1 or 5.2. At this point, you can then migrate to Cisco ISE  using the Cisco Secure ACS-ISE  Migration Tool.

[Muhammad Munir]

Hi

Cisco Secure ACS and Cisco ISE exist on different hardware platforms and have different operating systems, databases, and information models. Therefore, you cannot perform a standard upgrade from Cisco Secure ACS to Cisco ISE. Instead, the Cisco Secure ACS to Cisco ISE Migration Tool reads data from Cisco Secure ACS and creates corresponding data in Cisco ISE.

For more information about migration tool and configuration, please go through this link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/migration_guide/ise_mig_data.html

[aqjaved]

You can upgrade Cisco ISE from a previous release or  maintenance release to Release 1.2. You can also migrate from Cisco  Secure Access Control System (ACS), Release 5.3, to Release 1.2.

You cannot migrate to  Release 1.2 from Cisco Secure ACS 4.x or earlier versions, Cisco  Secure ACS 5.1 or 5.2, or from Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC)  Appliance.

You can directly migrate to Cisco ISE,  Release 1.2 only from Cisco Secure ACS, Release 5.3. From Cisco Secure  ACS, Releases 4.x, 5.1, and 5.2,  you must upgrade to ACS, Release 5.3 and then migrate to Cisco ISE,  Release 1.2.

Please check the below links which can give your better  understanding:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/upgrade_guide/b_ise_upgrade_guide_preface_00.html