User guide

Fireware Migration Guide 9

Planning Your Migration

As with any major software migration, a well-designed plan for your upgrade from WFS to Fireware™ Pro

can decrease the effect on your users, improve your experience, and make sure a secure installation of the

new product features. If possible, we recommend that you do this migration in a network lab as an alter-

native to your production network. You can also do this migration during non-operational hours when a

short time with no connection to the Internet does not harm your business.

The length of the migration depends upon the complexity of your network and of your current Firebox®

configuration. The software installation and Fireware Pro installation should take no more than 30 min-

utes. However, the time necessary to migrate your DVCP server to the Management Station and to create

your new Fireware Pro configuration varies based on the number of tunnels and policies you have. We

recommend that you set aside up to eight hours.

This

Migration Guide

supplies detailed instructions to successfully migrate from WFS to Fireware Pro.

These include steps to:

• Document your current WFS configuration

• Backup your current WFS configuration

• Install Watchguard System Manager on the management station

• Configure the Management Server and migrate your DVCP server(s)

• Configure the Log Server

• Configure the WebBlocker Server and download the database

• Install Fireware Pro on the device

• Open WSM and connect to the Firebox

• Open Fireware Policy Manager

- Make the changes in Fireware Policy Manager that reflect the WFS configuration

- Network configuration

-NAT settings

- Service configurations

- Create and test VPN tunnels as necessary

• Deploy the Firebox and test the Fireware configuration

Supportability A ccess to

troubleshooting

inform ation

(ike.dat, …)

Yes Yes No Improved user access.

On Line Help No No Yes We may not be able to ship as

com plete of a help system this

time due to schedule constraints.

Feature or Functional Area Com plete E ase

Use

WFS

Notes