MDS migration to new machine

[fjulianom]

Hi guys,

My customer wants to upgrade the MDS to latest version (from R81.10 to R81.20), and because in the past it had several issues and some fixes, he wants to start with a new clean machine. I have been reviewing and I think the best approach is "Upgrade with migration", which means to do a R81.20 fresh-install in an new machine, and then migrate the database from the old MDS to the new MDS. The process is explaine here. It seems quite simple, but:

1. What about this step

My new MDS will have the same IP of the old MDS. Do I need a new license? If not, how can I export the current license to the new MDS?

2. In the last steps I will turn off the old MDS and turn on the new MDS (both are VMs):

Is that simple? No SIC problems or anything else?

3. I see the process quite simple, and with Check Point always there are surprises. Anything else to consider? All is migrated? Log Exporter, licenses, etc.

Any tip will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Julián