Replacing ISE VM With SNS Appliance

[AhmedALJAWAD44875]

Hi Team 

I can't find any documentation on what steps I need to do to replace VMs with physical appliances, I want to use the same IP address for the ISE so I don't change all of my network device's configuration. 

do I need to do a backup and restore or I should just export certificates and keys then join the deployment? 

[Marcelo Morais]

Hi @AhmedALJAWAD44875 ,

 if you have a Standalone ISE, then use the Backup/Restore process.

 if you have a Multi-Node Deployment, then de-register the "VM Node" from the ISE Cube, after that register the "Appliance Node" to the ISE Cube ... please take a look at: Setting Up Cisco ISE in a Distributed Environment, search for Replacing the Cisco ISE Appliance Hardware.

Hope this helps !!!

[AhmedALJAWAD44875]

@Marcelo Morais  , Thank you ! that what I though. what got me confused is that I open a ticket with Cisco TAC and the TAC engineer told me that I HAVE to do backup and restore!