The 2.028 to 3.208 migration worked very well for me. I didn't have very many problems. (I upgraded over 25 Astaro 2.028's this week alone).
Before starting, I must state that Astaro STRONGLY recommends the upgrade via a 3.20x CD. That being said, the following is what I did to upgrade all of the firewalls:
. In order to use the migration, the firewall must be Up2Date with at least version 2.028.
. Perform a backup of the configuration. You will probably not need this, but just in case the migration fails, there is a current configuration backup to use when using the 3.20x CD.
. Insure that the WebAdmin & SSH access is not restricted. (The ANY group is in the list).
. From the UP2Date section within the WebAdmin site, upload (add) the md5.sum migration file first! It will not proceed unless you do this first.
. Update (add) the remaining migration files to the firewall. This may take some time - its over 63 megs of files.
. After successfully uploading all of the migration files, the button will appear.
. I always log into the SSH console and "su" in as root. Then I start to check processes to insure the migration starts.
. Meanwhile, click on the button. Continue to check processes from the console. You should see a line describing SQUID being stopped. The the SSH console will close abruptly. If you do not see this, then, the migration did not successfully start. You will need to manually upgrade with a 3.20x CD.
. Wait about ten minutes or so. Start attempting to ping or try to SSH back into the console. Once you can successfully ping or can access SSH, then the migration has successfully completed.
. If the you cannot ping or SSH back into the console, check the main console to see if there is an mount error. If there is a mount error, powerfail and reboot the hardware; the migration should continue.
. Once the migration has completed, go to the WebAdmin page, and (re-)enter the passwords for the box. The Astaro will then prompt for the admin login.
. If all else fails, you can always upgrade via the CD. To perform a 3.20x upgrade, perform a install with 3.20x CD. Then restore your configuration that you backed up.
. Login to WebAdmin and proceed to clean after the migration.
. Some functions will not automatically start such as PPTP and Port Scan Detection. Also, some Network and Service definitions may become distorted during the migration. You can use the distorted definitions, or use may change the names. Changing these difinitions, is not exactly straightforward; however, it can be done.
Eventhough Astaro does not encourage the use of the migration tool, I have found it to be invalueable and I really appreciate the Astaro for going to the trouble to create this tool. This migration tool is just one of many reasons why we, (EDS), are sold on ASL.
