UTM Migration from Hyper-V to VMware

Question

Hey Guys, 
 We are in a Change from Hyper-V to VMware. Did someone have experience with this? Whats the best way, maybe HA active passive? Or trying VMware Converter? 
 
 Thanks in Advance, 
 Jonas

BAlfson · Answer

Hallo Jonas, 
 I like your idea of using HA as that would retain logs and Reporting. 
 There's a good chance that the order of the NICs will change, so I would first restore a backup to the VMware instance to check on the NIC order. Once you know the order is good, do a factory reset and power down the VMware instance and follow the steps below (adapted from my standard recommendation for my clients): 
 1. On the current UTM in Hyper-V, on the 'Configuration' tab of 'High Availability': a. Enable Hot-Standby b. Select eth3 as the Sync NIC c. Configure it as Node_1 d. Enter an encryption key (I've never found a need to remember it) e. Select 'Enable automatic configuration of new devices' f. I prefer to use 'Preferred Master: None' and 'Backup interface: Internal' 2. Cable eth3 to eth3 on the VMware instance. 3. Cable all of the other NICs exactly as they are on the original Hyper-V instance. 4. Power up the VMware instance and wait for the good news. [;)] 
 Cheers - Bob