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Vmware to KVM, any recommendations?

smanet

Hello,

I have been using Sophos UTM Home for a number of years on my Vmware server (ESXi 5.5 and now 6.0) without any particular issue.

However, I'm now considering to move all my VMs to KVM.

I understand that Sophos UTM shouldn't have any issues with that, but I'm wondering how my configuration will be restored, as obviously I will not have vmxnet3 cards in KVM.

In general, if you have performed the same migration, what would be your considerations/recommendations?

Thank you!



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    The UTM Configuration Backup only cares if you have an equal or larger number of NICs, not what brand/type they were in the original setup.

    Cheers - Bob

     
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  • +2

    The UTM Configuration Backup only cares if you have an equal or larger number of NICs, not what brand/type they were in the original setup.

    Cheers - Bob

     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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  • 0 in reply to BAlfson

    Thanks BAlfson!

    Will the UTM ask me to reconfigure the interfaces as part of the configuration restore process then?

    Anyway, that's great!

    Cheers

    Sandro

  • 0 in reply to smanet

    No, Sandro, it won't.  Here's a trick I use when replacing one UTM device with another...

    Before taking the backup, go to the 'Hardware' tab of 'Interfaces' and for each NIC that doesn't have a Virtual MAC Address set, edit it so that its Virtual MAC is the same as the physical MAC.

    Another possible (but unlikely) issue could be the NIC order.  You can set eth0, eth1, etc. by editing /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.

    Cheers - Bob

     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
  • 0 in reply to BAlfson

    Thanks Bob, I appreciate the help! I'll try the move soon.

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