{"id":1043,"date":"2013-10-15T14:55:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T21:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:38","slug":"migrating-from-one-sonicwall-to-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2013\/10\/15\/migrating-from-one-sonicwall-to-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating from one Sonicwall to another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonicwall likes to point out that their O\/S \u2013 SonicOS \u2013 runs on all of their gear from the lowly (but good!) TZ105 to the mighty SuperMassive series.&nbsp; While that may be true is does not immediately follow that settings from one Sonicwall can just be \u201cdropped\u201d on to another.&nbsp; In fact, in many cases, you will blow a mighty hole in your foot by doing so!<\/p>\n<p>Sonicwall does have a matrix that lists the possible migration routes and it can be quite surprising what paths are available and what paths are not.&nbsp; For example, while you can migrate from a TZ215 to an NSA220, you cannot perform the same migration to an NSA250M (I know this one for a fact because I just tried it).&nbsp; And, even if the settings DO apply on the new firewall you still need to check things out thoroughly as things might not work exactly as you expect.<\/p>\n<p>If you are going to upgrade your Sonicwall with a newer model then you should first check out the matrix <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonicwall.com\/us\/en\/support\/2213.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; If your upgrade is supported (eg if you can apply exported settings to the new firewall) then make sure that both firewalls are at the same firmware release level (or as close as possible) prior to the export\/import.&nbsp; If your upgrade is NOT supported then your only real choice is to \u201chand code\u201d the new firewall settings.&nbsp; Having done this more than a few times I can tell you the best way is to have dual screens with the firewalls open, one per screen, and then go through each setting one-by-one until you have a \u201cmatch\u201d.&nbsp; There really is no other way to do it, there is no tool currently available from Sonicwall that will do the job for you.&nbsp; There was a beta conversion tool available to convert foreign configs (a la Cisco) to Sonicwall format but I\u2019ve not seen it in awhile and I don\u2019t believe it had the ability to migrate configs between various Sonicwall models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonicwall likes to point out that their O\/S \u2013 SonicOS \u2013 runs on all of their gear from the lowly (but good!) 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