Hello Checkmates. I just went to do a customer MDM migration (test in my lab) from HW>SW on an R80.10 installation. Normally the way I do this is whether its an upgrade or a platform shift is to build out a new MDM, recreate the users, roles, passwords etc and then I import the CMA while building out the new domain. That option is obviously no longer available. So I started digging. I saw this tool ExportImportPolicyPackage as well as this link https://community.checkpoint.com/docs/DOC-1938
However, re-establishing SIC and recreating objects are not a good option at this time. While the customer does not do much with the MDM/global policies, they have a lot of gateways, and downtime is difficult to get.
What is the easiest way to go from R80.10 MDM on HW to R80.10 MDM on SW. Am I just missing something? Do I have to backup and restore the whole MDS? If that's thats the only way that's fine, I was just not expecting that. Does mds_backup and mds_restore even work for HW>SW?
I'm hoping there is an easy answer and I'm just missing it so hopefully its as easy as pointing me to a link.
Thanks,
Paul
