Lino and Hal, thanks for your responses, however, they do not answer the question that I asked...
-RoNNY On 8/24/05, Lino Eduardo Avila RodrÃguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use the backup utility for SPLAT, the command is just backup. > > > Greetings, > > > Lino E. Avila > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RoNNY > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FW-1] Migrating firewall from box to box > > This was probably asked 15 gazillion times already, but I was wondering if > someone knows a sure and best way to get this done. > > I have a very simple config: Splat R55 HFA 14 on one single box. That > is: management and enforcement are one. > > I want to move this thing to a new server. > > So I went and bought an HP DL380 G4, and got the CD with R55 HFA 12. > (this, by the way, happened only after dealing with two great guys at > Checkpoint who gave me the ISO). > > Anyway, here's what I did: > > 1) Exported my configuration to a remote TFTP server. > 2) Loaded R55 HFA 12 on the new box. > 3) This is the part that got be a bit confused. I thought: "well...I loaded > the thing, I can now import my configuration, and tada! It'll work!", but > no. I had to go through sysconfig, as if I'm installing a new server, and > then I rebooted. > > Now, I decided to skip setting the hostname, routing, NICs, etc, because I > wanted my config restored from the backup file I created earlier. Moving on: > > 4) After reboot, I restored my config. I actually put it under /home/admin/, > and restored it with the "upgrade_import" tool. I then rebooted. > > That's it, but here's the thing: my host name is still "cpmodule", there's > no NIC definitions or anything else. I didn't connect yet with the > SmartDashboard, but I assume that the rulebase is there. > > My question is: do I have an identical server now, and it's only missing the > NICs, Routing, etc configuration, or did I do something wrong? > > I guess I was expecting a full blown restore of my entire server, and this > didn't happen. > > Thanks > > -RoNNY > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================= > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, > send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your > subscription options, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================= > ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
