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Migration to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert

This section describes the migration of data to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert from Kaspersky Security Center Windows.

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About migration from Kaspersky Security Center Windows
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About migration from Kaspersky Security Center Windows

Following this scenario, you can transfer the administration group structure, included managed devices and other group objects (policies, tasks, global tasks, tags, and device selections) from Kaspersky Security Center Windows under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

Limitations:

  • Migration is only possible from Kaspersky Security Center 14.2 Windows to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert starting from version 1.0.
  • You can perform this scenario only by using Kaspersky Security Center Web Console.

Stages

The migration scenario proceeds in stages:

  1. Choose a migration method

    You migrate to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert through the Migration wizard. The Migration wizard steps depend on whether or not Administration Servers of Kaspersky Security Center Windows and Kaspersky Next XDR Expert are arranged into a hierarchy:

    • Migration by using a hierarchy of Administration Servers

      Choose this option if Administration Server of Kaspersky Security Center Windows acts as secondary to Administration Server of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert. You manage the migration process and switch between Servers within OSMP Console. If you prefer this option, you can arrange Administration Servers into a hierarchy to simplify the migration procedure. To do this, create the hierarchy before starting the migration.

    • Migration by using an export file (ZIP archive)

      Choose this option if Administration Servers of Kaspersky Security Center Windows and Kaspersky Next XDR Expert are not arranged into a hierarchy. You manage the migration process with two Consoles—an instance for Kaspersky Security Center Windows and OSMP Console. In this case, you will use the export file that you created and downloaded during the export from Kaspersky Security Center Windows and import this file to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

  2. Export data from Kaspersky Security Center Windows

    Open Kaspersky Security Center Windows, and then run the Migration wizard.

  3. Import data to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert

    Continue the Migration wizard to import the exported data to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

    If the Servers are arranged into a hierarchy, the import starts automatically after a successful export within the same wizard. If the Servers are not arranged into a hierarchy, you continue the Migration wizard after switching to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

  4. Perform additional actions to transfer objects and settings from Kaspersky Security Center Windows to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert manually (optional step)

    You might also want to transfer the objects and settings that cannot be transferred through the Migration wizard. For example, you could additionally do the following:

  5. Move the imported managed devices under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert

    To complete the migration, move the imported managed devices under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert. You can do it by one of the following methods:

    • Through Kaspersky Security Center group task

      Use the Change Administration Server task to change the Administration Server to a different one for specific client devices.

    • Through the klmover utility

      Use the klmover utility and specify the connection settings for the new Administration Server.

    • Through installation or re-installation of Network Agent on the managed devices

      Create a new Network Agent installation package and specify the connection settings for the new Administration Server in the installation package properties. Use the installation package to install Network Agent on the imported managed devices through a remote installation task.

      You can also create and use a stand-alone installation package to install Network Agent locally.

  6. Update Network Agent to the latest version

    We recommend that you upgrade the Network Agent to the same version as OSMP Console.

  7. Make sure the managed devices are visible on the new Administration Server

    On Kaspersky Next XDR Expert Administration Server, open the managed devices list (Assets (Devices) → Managed devices), and check the values in the Visible, Network Agent is installed, and Last connected to Administration Server columns.

Other methods of data migration

Besides the Migration wizard, you can also transfer specific tasks and policies:

See also:

Exporting group objects from Kaspersky Security Center Windows
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Exporting group objects from Kaspersky Security Center Windows

Migration administration group structure, included managed devices and other group objects from Kaspersky Security Center Windows to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert requires that you first select data for exporting and create an export file. The export file contains information about all group objects that you want to migrate. The export file will be used for subsequent import to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

You can export the following objects:

  • Tasks and policies of managed applications
  • Global tasks
  • Custom device selections
  • Administration group structure and included devices
  • Tags that have been assigned to migrating devices

Before you start exporting, read general information about migration to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert. Choose the migration method—by using or not using the hierarchy of Administration Servers of Kaspersky Security Center Windows and Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

To export managed devices and related group objects through the Migration wizard:

  1. Depending on whether or not the Administration Servers of Kaspersky Security Center Windows and Kaspersky Next XDR Expert are arranged into a hierarchy, do one of the following:
    • If the Servers are arranged into a hierarchy, open OSMP Console, and then switch to the Server of Kaspersky Security Center Windows.
    • If the Servers are not arranged into a hierarchy, open Kaspersky Security Center Web Console connected to Kaspersky Security Center Windows.
  2. In the main menu, go to Operations → Migration.
  3. Select Migrate to Kaspersky Security Center Linux or Open Single Management Platform to start the wizard and follow its steps.
  4. Select the administration group or subgroup to export. Please make sure that the selected administration group or subgroup contains no more than 10,000 devices.
  5. Select the managed applications whose tasks and policies will be exported. Select only applications that are supported by Kaspersky Next XDR Expert. The objects of unsupported applications will still be exported, but they will not be operable.
  6. Use the links on the left to select the global tasks, device selections, and reports to export. The Group objects link allows you to exclude custom roles, internal users and security groups, and custom application categories from the export.

The export file (ZIP archive) is created. Depending on whether or not you perform migration with Administration Server hierarchy support, the export file is saved as follows:

  • If the Servers are arranged into a hierarchy, the export file is saved to the temporary folder on OSMP Console Server.
  • If the Servers are not arranged into a hierarchy, the export file is downloaded to your device.

For migration with Administration Server hierarchy support, the import starts automatically after a successful export. For migration without Administration Server hierarchy support, you can import the saved export file to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert manually.

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Importing the export file to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert

To transfer information about managed devices, objects, and their settings that you exported from Kaspersky Security Center Windows, you must import it to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

To import managed devices and related group objects through the Migration wizard:

  1. Depending on whether or not the Administration Servers of Kaspersky Security Center Windows and Kaspersky Next XDR Expert are arranged into a hierarchy, do one of the following:
    • If the Servers are arranged into a hierarchy, proceed to the next step of the Migration wizard after the export is completed. The import starts automatically after a successful export within this wizard (see step 2 of this instruction).
    • If the Servers are not arranged into a hierarchy:
      1. Open OSMP Console.
      2. In the main menu, go to Operations → Migration.
      3. Select the export file (ZIP archive) that you created and downloaded during the export from Kaspersky Security Center Windows. The upload of the export file starts.
  2. After the export file is uploaded successfully, you can continue importing. If the Servers are not arranged into a hierarchy, you can specify another export file by clicking the Change link, and then selecting the required file.
  3. The entire hierarchy of administration groups of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert is displayed.

    Select the check box next to the target administration group to which the objects of the exported administration group (managed devices, policies, tasks, and other group objects) must be restored.

  4. The import of group objects starts. You cannot minimize the Migration wizard and perform any concurrent operations during the import. Wait until the refresh icons () next to all items in the list of objects are replaced with green check marks () and the import finishes.
  5. When the import completes, the exported structure of administration groups, including device details, appears under the target administration group that you selected. If the name of the object that you restore is identical to the name of an existing object, the restored object has an incremental suffix added.

If in a migrated task the details of the account under which the task is run are specified, you have to open the task and enter the password again after the import is completed.

If the import has completed with an error, you can do one of the following:

  • For migration with Administration Server hierarchy support, you can start to import the export file again. In this case, you have to select the administration group as described at step 3.
  • For migration without Administration Server hierarchy support, you can start the Migration wizard to select another export file, and then import it again.

You can check whether the group objects included in the export scope have been successfully imported to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert. To do this, go to the Assets (Devices) section and ensure whether the imported objects appear in the corresponding subsections.

Note that the imported managed devices are displayed in the Managed devices subsection, but they are invisible in the network and Network Agent is not installed and running on them (the No value in the Visible, Network Agent is installed, and Last connected to Administration Server columns).

To complete the migration, you need to switch the managed devices to be under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert as described at stage 5 in Migration to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.

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Switching managed devices to be under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert

After a successful import of information about managed devices, objects, and their settings to Kaspersky Next XDR Expert, you need to switch the managed devices to be under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert to complete the migration.

You can move the managed devices to be under Kaspersky Next XDR Expert by one of the following methods:

To switch managed devices to be under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert by installing Network Agent:

  1. Remove Network Agent on the imported managed devices that will be switched under management of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.
  2. Switch to Administration Server of Kaspersky Security Center Windows.
  3. Go to Discovery & deployment → Deployment & assignment → Installation packages, and then open the properties of an existing installation package of Network Agent.

    If the installation package of Network Agent is absent in the package list, download a new one.

    You can also create and use a stand-alone installation package to install Network Agent locally.

  4. On the Settings tab, select the Connection section. Specify the connection settings of Administration Server of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert.
  5. Create a remote installation task for imported managed devices, and then specify the reconfigured Network Agent installation package.

    You can install Network Agent through Administration Server of Kaspersky Security Center Windows or through a Windows-based device that acts as a distribution point. If you use Administration Server, enable the Using operating system resources through Administration Server option. If you use a distribution point, enable the Using operating system resources through distribution points option.

  6. Run the remote installation task.

After the remote installation task finishes successfully, go to Administration Server of Kaspersky Next XDR Expert and ensure that managed devices are visible in the network, and that Network Agent is installed and running on them (the Yes value in the Visible, Network Agent is installed, and Network Agent is running columns).

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