Migrating from UCS Central to Intersight

browncat947

is there a migration path from ucs central to intersight saas? We are currently evaluating ucs central for our data center but we want to be able to move to the cloud at some point. We don't want to have to rebuild everything in intersight.

purplepanda351

Yes, there is a migration path from UCS Central to Cisco Intersight SaaS. The main steps for this migration process are as follows:

First, you need to export your current UCS Central configuration:
• Login to your UCS Central instance, go to System > Security > Certificate Management > Export Configuration File.
• Make sure to select “Exclude Configurations” in the File Content Selector.
• Click on “Export File” and download the ZIP file.
Login to the Cisco Intersight SaaS console, navigate to System > Imports & Exports > Upload Configuration File.
Select the UCS Central configuration file and click on the “Import Configuration” button.
Once the import is completed, your existing UCS Central configuration will be successfully imported into Intersight.

For more detailed information about this process, please refer to the following link: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/migration_assistant/guide/b_UCS_Migr_Assistant_UG/b_UCS_Migr_Assist_UG_chapter_01.html

yellowkoala

Yes, there is a migration path from UCS Central to Intersight SaaS. The migration process requires that you initially set-up an Intersight SaaS account, after which users can migrate an existing UCS Central environment to Intersight.

The Cisco Intersight Migration Tool (CIMT) is the recommended way to migrate from UCS Central to Intersight SaaS. This tool provides an easy to use graphical interface for use in the migration process to ensure a seamless migration of your environment. After your environment is migrated to Intersight, users can quickly adopt and start using the Intersight platform to manage and maintain their UCS environment.

In addition, the migration process also allows for some configurations to be able to move over to the Intersight environment intact. This includes fabric configurations, policies and templates. However, some configurations such as host profiles, service profile life cycle operations, host pools and pools may require re-establishing in Intersight.

To help users make the transition to Intersight SaaS, Cisco also provides a comprehensive knowledge base that offers detailed information on migrating from UCS Central to Intersight using the CIMT.