Migrate Cisco Prime Infrastructure Data to Cisco DNA Center Using Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

This chapter provides information on migrating data and important points related to migrating Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cicso DNA Center using the Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03.

Prerequisites for Using Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

This section lists the prerequisites before using the Prime Data Migration Tool Update 3:

  • Ensure that you run the Cisco DNA Center AURA command line tool. The AURA tool performs a variety of health, scale and upgrade readiness checks for the Cisco DNA Center and the rest of the Fabric network. AURA ensures that Cisco DNA Center and its component services are all healthy and available before you start a migration. For more information on using Cisco DNA Center AURA tool, see Enhanced Visibility into the Cisco DNA Center using AURA.

  • Ensure that you run the Cisco PDART (Cisco Prime Infrastructure Cisco DNA Center Assessment & Readiness Tool) analyzes a Cisco Prime Infrastructure deployment and assesses whether Cisco DNA Center supports the current deployment. For more information, see Cisco PDART - A Cisco DNA Center Readiness tool for the Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

Prerequisites for Using PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

Ensure that:

  • You install Cisco Prime Infrastructure PI 3.9.1 or PI 3.9 + PI 3.9 Oracle Patch + PI 3.9.1 on upgrade, or PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02, or PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.01

    If you need support for Catalyst 9800 16.12.x version, you will need to install PI_3_9_Oct_Oracle_patch-1.0.8.ubf patch before you install PI 3.9.1. For instructions to install the Oracle Patch, see Installing Cisco Prime Infrastructure System Patch 3.9 section in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.9 Administrator Guide

  • You have Root or Super Users access privileges of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

  • You have access credentials of Cisco DNA Center.

  • Refer the Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Catalyst Center Compatibility Matrix.

Prerequisites for Using PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

Ensure that:

  • You install Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.8.1 update 01 or PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 01 or PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Hotfix, or PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02, or PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.01.

  • You have Root or Super Users access privileges of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

  • You have access credentials of Cisco DNA Center.

  • Refer the Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Catalyst Center Compatibility Matrix.

Prerequisites for Using PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

Ensure that:

  • You install Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.7.1 update 05 or PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 01, or PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02, or PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.01.

  • You have Root or Super Users access privileges of Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

  • You have access credentials of Cisco DNA Center.

  • Refer the Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Catalyst Center Compatibility Matrix.

Migrating Data from Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center using Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

This section helps you to migrate your Cisco Prime Infrastructure data from:

  • PI 3.9.1, PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02, PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.01 to Cisco DNA Center using PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03.

  • PI 3.8.1 update 01, PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 01, PI 3.8.x Prime DataMigration Tool Hotfix, PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02, PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.01 to Cisco DNA Center using PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03.

  • PI 3.7.1 update 05 , PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 01, PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02, PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.01 to Cisco DNA Center using PI 3.7.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03.

Follow this procedure to access the Cisco Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center migration by logging in to Cisco Prime Infrastructure:

Procedure


Step 1

Choose Administration > Settings > System Settings > General > Prime Data Migration Tool, and then click Launch Prime Data Migration Tool to open Prime Infrastructure - Prime Data Migration Tool page.

For 3.9.1, you can either:

Click Prime Data Migration Tool in the Mega Menu page.

Or

Launch Prime Data Migration Tool in the Getting Started page. Choose Settings > Getting Started > Prime Data Migration Tool, and then click Launch Prime Data Migration Tool to open the Prime Infrastructure - Prime Data Migration Tool page.

Step 2

Click Job history, in the top-right corner of the Prime Data Migration Tool to view Job Id, Cisco DNA Center IP, Start Time, End Time, and Status in the Prime Data Migration Job History window. The job summary displays only the latest 100 jobs.

Step 3

Click Add Cisco DNA Center Server.

Step 4

Enter the following Cisco DNA Center server details:

  1. Server IP Address or Hostname.

  2. Username.

  3. Password.

  4. Confirm Password.

Note

 

You can integrate only one Cisco DNA Center server at a time.

Step 5

Click Save, to check server reachability.

Step 6

(Optional) Click Multi Server Settings, to archive, and restore the data that is migrated from Prime Infrastructure to DNA Center. It is recommended to use this option after Force Sync.

You can use the following options to archive the migrated data:

  • List of Cisco DNA Center Archive Available - Displays the list of available archives.

  • Back-up Current Cisco DNA Center Pairing - Backup the currently paired Cisco DNA Center server details in the migration tool.

  • Back-up Current & Load Cisco DNA Center Archive - Current Cisco DNA Center server and its details are backed up and you are prompted to load any other available archive by entering the IP address.

  • Delete Cisco DNA Center Archive - Deletes the selected DNA Center archives.

Step 7

Click Next to go to Sync Settings.

Step 8

In the Sync Settings window:

  1. You can check for the Supported or Available Limits of the Cisco DNA Center server for the Site Groups/Site Maps , Devices, and Templates. Supported or Available Limits of Cisco DNA Center vareis based on the Cisco DNA Center server cores count.

    The Supported/Available limits are specified in the following table:

    Table 1. Supported/Available Limits

    DNAC Core

    Site Groups/Site Maps

    Devices

    Templates

    44-Core

    500

    1000

    1000

    56-Core

    1000

    4000

    1000

    112-Core

    2000

    5000

    1000

  2. Check the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box to synchronize already migrated data set for the groups and devices from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center automatically post modification.

  3. Select the Include newly added data during dynamic synchronization check box to move newly created groups and newly added devices during dynamic synchronization if any, from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center automatically post addition.

    Note

     

    Dynamic Synchronization does not support add, update or delete operations for the already migrated data and will not synchronize the data automatically for the following components:

    • Maps

    • CLI Templates

    • ISE Server

    Maps, CLI templates, and ISE server migration is achieved only by Force Sync.

    • This check box is enabled only if you select the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box.

    • During force synchronization, if the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box is enabled, any modifications that are made through force synchronization to the Location Group and Devices entities are dynamically synced in Cisco DNA Center.

    • If the Enables automatic synchronization of data integrated with Cisco DNA Center check box is selected, CMX is dynamically assigned to Cisco DNA Center floor groups, when Cisco Prime Infrastructure imports maps to CMX. (Pre Req.: CMX dynamic sync works only on already migrated floor groups and CMX should exist in Cisco DNA Center server for CMX dynamic sync.)

  4. If you select the Enable CMX settings check box, CMX will be pushed with floor groups. If you do not select the Enable CMX settings check box, CMX data will not be pushed to the Cisco DNA Center server.

  5. If you select the Enable ISE settings check box, ISE server details will be pushed. If you do not select the Enable ISE settings check box, ISE data will not be pushed to the Cisco DNA Center server.

  6. Select the Migrate User Defined CLI Templates check box to migrate the user-defined CLI and/or Composite Templates to Cisco DNA Center.

Step 9

Click Next to go to the Select Groups page.

Step 10

In the Select Groups window:

Expand the Usage Details section to view a summary of the site and device count details such as Recommended, Selected for Migration, and Available.

  1. If you want to delete only the mapping from Prime data migration to Cisco DNA Center and retain the instances of migrated sites in the DNA Center for the current force sync, uncheck the Delete sites in Cisco DNA Center for the current Force Sync check box.

  2. Check the Delete sites in Cisco DNA Center for the current Force Sync check box to delete the sites from Cisco DNA Center and remove the mapping from prime data migration to Cisco DNA Center for the current force sync.

  3. If you want to move an entire group hierarchy to Cisco DNA Center, check the Replicate Parent Hierarchy check box and select the location groups in the Prime Infrastructure Location Groups pane.

    By default, when you select Site Groups, the buildings, floors, and associated maps are also selected.

    Click Select DNAC Parent below the Prime Infrastructure Location Groups pane to open the Cisco DNA Center Site Groups window.

    Marked for Deletion label appears when you unselect an already migrated group.

    Select Global from the Cisco DNA Center Site Groups pane under which you want to move the PI groups and click OK. The selected groups will be added in the Group Movement Log pane with the label as Marked for Migration.

  4. If you want to move only a building or a floor to Cisco DNA Center under a different campus or area, click Select DNAC Parent below the Prime Infrastructure Location Groups pane to open the Cisco DNA Center Site Groups window.

    Select a campus or an area from Cisco DNA Center Site Groups under which you need to move the building and select a building from Cisco DNA Center Site Groups under which you need to move the floor and click OK. The selected groups will be added in the Group Movement Log pane with the label as Marked for Migration.

If you click the Close or Cancel buttons in the Cisco DNA Center Site Groups window, the window closes without selecting any groups for migration and the Group Movement Log pane is not updated with the selected groups.

After you move the groups from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center, Marked for Migration label appears on the moved groups.

Already migrated groups from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center appear with the label as Migrated in the Prime Infrastructure Location Groups pane as well as the Group Movement Log pane.

The count of selected groups for migration appears as Selected for Migration under Sites. The count of selected devices for migration appears as Selected for Migration under Devices in Usage details.

Available groups count in Cisco DNA Center appears in the Available section under Sites and available devices count in Cisco DNA Center appears in the Available section under Devices in Usage details.

The Prime Infrastructure Location Groups pane lists all the Cisco Prime Infrastructure groups irrespective of any virtual domain.

Note

 

Cisco Prime Infrastructure does not migrate devices assigned in a "Campus" to the Cisco DNA Center, when the co-existence tool is used.

As a workaround, you can assign your devices to a "Building" or "Floor" type location group before using the co-existence tool.

Note

 

Devices assigned in the Location groups with 'Default' Group type are not migrated to Cisco DNA Center.

To create sites directly in Cisco DNA Center so that you can move your sites from Prime Infrastructure to Cisco DNA Center, click DNAC Site Builder.

In the DNAC Site Builder window, if you select the Area radio button, enter the following information:

  • Site Name: Site name that you can create in Cisco DNA Center.

  • Parent Site: Cisco DNA Center parent under which you can create the site.

In the DNAC Site Builder window, if you select the Building radio button to create a building in the Cisco DNA Center Area, enter the following information:

  • Site Name: Building name that you can create in Cisco DNA Center.

  • Parent Site: Cisco DNA Center parent under which you can create the building.

  • Civic Location: Enter the civic location details under which you want to create the building.

  • GPS (Latitude/Longitude): These co-ordinates are auto-populated.

Click Add to create a site or building in Cisco DNA Center.

Step 11

Click Next.

Step 12

In the ISE & CMX Credentials window:

  1. Click the ISE tab to view the ISE server details that are present in Prime Infrastructure such as:

    • Server Status

    • Server IP

    • Port

    • Server Name

    • Username

    • Shared Secret: You must ensure that this shared secret field is not empty.

    • Timeout: This value must not exceed 20.

    • Retries

    If no ISE server is present in Prime Infrastructure, a No data available message appears.

  2. Click the CMX tab to can view the list of associated CMX servers for selected groups with the following details:

    • Credential Status

    • Server IP address

    • Device Name

    • Username

    • Password

    • SSH Username

    • SSH Password

    You must update the SSH Username and SSH Password, if it is not available for the respective CMX.

    If the associated CMX is not found, then click Next

    Note

     

    When the Cisco Prime Infrastructure – Cisco DNA Center migration tool is active and auto sync is enabled, then CMX will be dynamically pushed to Cisco DNA Center floor groups. Cisco DNA Center will there by track the location data for assigned groups.

Step 13

If you check the Migrate User Defined CLI Templates check box in the Sync Settings page, then a new page Select CLI Templates appears after the CMX page.

Step 14

In the Select CLI Templates window:

  1. Non-Migrated templates list all the available CLI or Composite User Defined Templates available in Prime Infrastructure. You can select the templates need to be migrated to Cisco DNA Center.

  2. Migrated templates list all the migrated templates available in Cisco DNA Center. You can either update or delete these templates.

    Note

     

    By default all the rows are selected. Selected templates from the list are updated and the deselected templates are deleted from Cisco DNA Center.

Step 15

Click Next.

Step 16

In the Summary window:

  1. You can view the overall summary of selected location groups, devices, associated maps, user-defined templates, CMX sesrvers, and ISE servers before migrating to the Cisco DNA Center.

  2. Click the CLI templates tab to view the selected CLI templates listed here. Based on the device selection in the groups you can Add/Update or Delete the CLI/Composite user defined Templates in Cisco DNA Center.

  3. In the Sync Settings tab, you can view the summary of the sync status.

Step 17

Click Force Sync to push data to the Cisco DNA Center server after the first migration.

A confirmation message appears DNAC data will be overwritten by PI data by the Force Sync. Click Yes to proceed or No to stop Force Sync.

A success message appears after the successful completion of the Force Sync operation.


What to do next

  1. If you want to revert the site hierarchy in Cisco DNA Center, uncheck the migrated groups in the Prime Data Migration tool and click Force Sync. This step deletes the migrated groups in Cisco DNA Center.

    If you want to revert the device assignment (devices will be unassigned from Cisco DNA Center sites and assigned to migrated groups if the same devices are present both in Cisco Prime Infrastructure groups and Cisco DNA Center sites), perform the following steps:

    • Uncheck the migrated groups in the Prime Data Migration tool and click Force Sync. This step deletes the migrated groups and devices in Cisco DNA Center.

    • Add and assign or provision the devices in Cisco DNA Center in the required sites.

    The pre-migration site hierarchy appears in Cisco DNA Center.

    To migrate your Cisco Prime Infrastructure data again using the Prime Data Migration Tool , unassign the devices in Cisco Prime Infrastructure for the required groups and migrate the data.

  2. Multi-DNAC is supported from Prime Data Migration Tool Update 02.0. This feature allows you to migrate to multiple DNAC clusters (one DNAC server at a time) and retain the migration data for each DNAC server. For more information, see Multi-DNAC Support.

  3. Refer the important notes about Cisco Prime Infrastructure - Cisco DNA Center migration, see Important Notes.

Important Notes

This section contains important notes about Cisco Prime Infrastructure - Cisco DNA Center migration:

  • You can integrate only one Cisco DNA Center server at a time.

  • Groups with empty/0/null civic location values will be ignored for migration.

  • When migrating ISE from Prime to DNA Center, ISE gets added to DNA Center in the failed state. To avoid this make sure to do the following:

    • Activate PXGrid on ISE

    • Enable ERS on ISE

    • ISE's CLI and GUI password must be the same

  • To connect with cisco.com, with respect to SWIM and Software Update, you must install PI_3_9_1_Security_Update_01 UBF along with PI 3.9.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03 UBF or PI_3_8_1_Security_Update_01 UBF along with PI 3.8.x Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03 UBF.

  • You use a single session of the migration at a time for the same Cisco Prime Infrastructure server and Cisco DNA Center server pair.

  • Once the CMX is migrated to Cisco DNA Center, it will not be managed by Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

  • Cisco DNA Center will not migrate the location and civic data of any building which has no floor.

  • Any legacy devices which are not supported by Cisco DNA Center chosen for migration will be added to Cisco DNA Center inventory under Device Type column -“Unsupported Cisco Device”.

  • Devices managed with SNMP v2 and v3 can be migrated to Cisco DNA Center.

  • Any devices managed only with SNMP v1 or SNMP v3 with DES protocol of AuthPriv credentials in Cisco Prime Infrastructure cannot be migrated to Cisco DNA Center.

  • Also, bulk migration fails if any one of the devices managed by SNMP v1 or v3 with DES protocol of AuthPriv credentials.

  • Only the basic information of the groups will be migrated, but not the rules and profiles assigned to group.

  • After integration, while upgrading Cisco DNA Center to an unsupported version, error will be thrown as “Unsupported Version” and migration will stop.

  • Access Points positioned in the maps in Cisco Prime Infrastructure will migrate to Cisco DNA Center, only if we manage its WLC devices with CLI Credentials.

  • For Composite template Migration - The associated template should not be System template. If any composite template with system template will not get migrated.

  • During composite template migration all the associated template in composite template should be having the same device type. Otherwise migration will fail.

  • Specific composite templates migration is not recommended till Cisco DNA Center 1.3.3.8 and 2.1.1.3. However it works in later DNA Center versions.

  • DNA Center Version 2.2.1.0 specific update.

  • Civic location is mandatory for Location Groups / Site groups migration especially from Cisco DNA Center 2.2.1.0 version.

Open Caveats for Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

The following table lists the open caveats in Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03.

Table 2. Open Caveats

Identifier

Description

CSCwb52176

Error popup appears when you launch the Prime Data Migration Tool for the first time.

CSCwb94880

Change the 'Delete' tab in Select Groups page according to the action performed.

Resolved Caveats for Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03

The following table lists the resolved caveats in Prime Data Migration Tool Update 03.

Table 3. Resolved Caveats

Identifier

Description

CSCwa42025

Unactionable toaster message when Cisco DNA Center TOFU cert check fails