Existing Secure Workload deployments running on the 8RU or equivalent hardware appliance can migrate to the software appliance platform. This migration is configuration-only and requires the 8RU appliance to be upgraded to Release 4.0 first. After upgrading the 8RU cluster to 4.0, customers must use Data Backup and Restore mechanism to export the configuration and import it into the software appliance cluster, which must also run Release 4.0. For more information, see Data Backup and Restore.

This section provides the recommended best practices and guidelines for Secure Workload Software Appliance.

• Upgrade the existing hardware appliance to Secure Workload Release 4.0 before starting the migration process.

• Ensure that the software appliance cluster is also running Secure Workload Release 4.0 to guarantee compatibility during data transfer.

• Use the Data Backup and Restore mechanism to migrate your configurations.

• Monitor migration progress through the Infrastructure Management status panels, and frequently review operational logs to identify and resolve any issues during virtual machine provisioning.