Sonicwall silently releases a settings converter from Sonic OS Standard to Sonic OS Enhanced!
I just got off the phone with a Sonicwall rep and they informed me that they have released this new tool. They have not made it public knowledge yet – so I thought I would! If you have ever needed to flash a Sonicwall and then re-input ALL your settings from scratch you will appreciate this!
https://convert.global.sonicwall.com/
SonicOS Standard to Enhanced Settings Converter
The SonicOS Standard to Enhanced Settings Converter is designed to convert a SonicOS Standard Network Settings file to be compatible with a target SonicOS Enhanced appliance. Due to the more advanced nature of SonicOS Enhanced, its Network Settings file is more complex than the one SonicOS Standard uses. They are not compatible. The Setting Converter creates an entirely new target Enhanced Network Setting file based on the network settings found in the source Standard file. This allows for a rapid upgrade from a Standard deployment to an Enhanced one with no time wasted in re-creating network policies.
Do you use Sonicwalls? Have you used the Enhanced OS? What do you think?
March 20, 2009 - 3:42 pm
I could have done with this about two weeks ago!
will sure be of use in the future though
thanks!
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AskTheAdmin Reply:
March 21st, 2009 at 3:33 am
Thanks for stopping by Andy – how did your conversion go? a lot of typing huh?
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March 21, 2009 - 10:31 am
Conversion went well thanks but yes, an awful lot of typing!
20 site-to-site tunnels!
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March 27, 2009 - 11:21 am
I would have loved this tool back when I was consulting. I can’t tell you how many times we upgraded clients to Sonic OS Enhanced, and had to re-create every setting.
-Julie
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Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com Reply:
March 28th, 2009 at 5:31 am
You and me both Julie! Where are you from?
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