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Migrating the AirWave Server
Before performing the migration, you must consider a few points.
Important Information for Migration
The following are the requirements and guidelines for the migration process:
- The AirWave system must be running a minimum AirWave version of 8.2.8.2 for the migration to proceed. If the AirWave system is running an earlier version, refer to the AirWave documentation to upgrade the version to 8.2.8.2 or later versions.
- Only those APs, controllers, and switches that are supported in HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises are migrated. For information on supported hardware, see Supported Devices section.
- As part of migration, Visual RF VisualRF provides the capability to plan campuses, buildings, floors, and locations for device provisioning before the actual deployment. Using VisualRF, you can create a floor plan and add devices to the floor plan. and the device inventory for CAPs, IAPs, controllers, and HPE Aruba Networking/HPE switches are migrated.
- For controllers, the device credentials for SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is a TCP/IP standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more. It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention. and HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is a variant of the HTTP that adds a layer of security on the data in transit through a secure socket layer or transport layer security protocol connection. profiles are mapped.
- Migration of multiple AirWave systems to a single HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises server is supported. That is, you can migrate multiple AirWave systems to HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises by adding the IP addresses or AMP AirWave Management Platform. AMP is a network management system for configuring, monitoring and upgrading wired and wireless devices on your network. Hostnames of each AirWave system individually.
- All the historical data including data related to reports, monitoring, and stats are not migrated from Airwave to HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises during the migration process.
- Templates are not migrated from Airwave to HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises during the migration process. You must manually create a new template in HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises based on the requirement.
- All data related to VisualRF is migrated from Airwave to HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises during the migration process.
For more, see the following topics:
