Replacing a TZ-500 with a TZ-470 - Migration tool?

AKAKilroy

I have replaced a TZ-500 in the past and replaced it with a TZ-470, and we are doing it again now at another site. I do not remember if I had to use the Migration tool, or if I could simply export the config from the TX-500 and import it into the TZ-470. That is what I did this time, and when I went to swap the appliance out the newly configured appliance would not go online. No connectivity to the internet or to either of the VPN tunnels. Any thoughts? Should I go ahead and export the config again from the old device and use the migration tool and re-import and try again. I already have both devices loaded in NSM. As I brought the new unit online and added it to NSM. It's not currently online now as it contains the config from the old unit.

Larry

@AKAKilroy - the short answer is: NO! DO NOT import the Gen 6.x configuration into your Gen 7.x device. Period.

https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/can-settings-be-exported-imported-from-one-sonicwall-to-another-support-matrix/170505258332789/

Yes, you can (some say should) use the Migration Tool.

https://www.sonicwall.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-create-gen-7-settings-file-by-using-the-online-migration-tool/210115150800277/

Others say to rebuild the device manually.

Another alternative is to create a Template of your existing TZ470 in NSM and use that on the new device - and then customize per site requirements.

Irrespective of your approach, having already loaded a "bad" configuration, you are going to have to factory reset the Gen 7 device and upload the appropriate "good" configuration.