ISE 1.2 to 2.2 Upgrade

[matrhebe]

Hello Community-

I have a purchase/migration question.  The current ISE environment contains (2) VMs running ISE 1.2 in primary/secondary setup.  The ISE deployment is currently licensed for 5000 Base licenses.  There is no Smartnet/Software support coverage.  What is required to go to version 2.2?

a) Can we purchase the Migration SKU for the VM’s and still have access to the full ISO image?  Or, would the R-ISE-VM-K9=  part be required?

b) Regardless of whether or not the migration SKU is used, I’m assuming we need to purchase 2 of the ISE-VM parts, correct?

c) Would we be able to re host the existing Base license or do we need to repurchase?

Thanks!

Matt

[Charlie Moreton]

You'll have to purchase the R-ISE-VM-K9= as the Migration SKU is no longer orderable.  The End of Sale date was 2/28/2018.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/identity-services-engine/eos-eol-notice-c51-739166.html

Once you have that, and provision the VM, you can re-host the licenses as detailed here:

Fresh license file needed when rebuilding both the PAN

[matrhebe]

So in order to get to v2.2, all I need is (2) R-ISE-VM-K9 and if I need TACACS, (1) L-ISE-TACACS.  Didn't know that rehosting was ok between versions.  Bottom line, no need to repurchase the L-ISE-BSE-5K.  Thanks!

Matt

[matrhebe]

One additional point of clarification.  When we install the new VMs and get them configured, there will be a period of time for testing/validation of the new version.  During that time, when both the old and new versions are running side by side, what is the best method to license the new version?  Is it best just to use the built-in 90-day eval licenses or is there some way to have both old and new licensed for 5k Base licenses?

[Ping Zhou]

Just want to share...i did 1.2 to 2.0.1 migration a while back for a client. During the 2 months test, i used the eval licenses without any problems. 

[hslai]

Section 4.2 of ISE Ordering Guide explains how enforcements kicked in, starting with ISE 2.2. FYI.