Sentinel LDK Migration Checkup Tool – Overview

The Sentinel LDK Migration Checkup tool is a command-line utility provided for vendors who want to migrate to Sentinel EMS (with or without the Sentinel EMS REST API) with Sentinel LDK Cloud Licensing (CL) hosted by Thales (also known as Sentinel LDK CL Service).

To migrate:

>You must currently be using Sentinel LDK-EMS.

>You must currently be hosting cloud licenses on your own server.

After migration, you cannot continue to use Sentinel LDK-EMS.

The migration process includes:

>Migrating the cloud licenses from their trusted license storage (hosted on-premises in the vendor's License Manager Service (LMS) database) to Sentinel LDK CL Service.

> Migrating client identities from the vendor-hosted Sentinel LDK LMS server to Sentinel EMS.

Migration requirements:

>Each CL key in the trusted license storage must be associated with a specific customer.

>Each client identity in the License Manager must be limited to access one or more specific CL keys. (In Sentinel Admin Control Center, the parameter Limit to Key ID must contain specific key IDs or customer IDs.)

NOTE   Only CL keys (that is, SL AdminMode keys that are cloud-enabled) are checked by the Migration Checkup tool. Other keys are not checked and cannot be migrated.

In preparation for the migration process, you use the Migration Checkup tool. This tool inspects the data in the trusted license storage to ensure that the data satisfies the migration requirements. After the data is validated by the Migration Checkup tool, you can expect the migration process to proceed without complications.

NOTE   The Migration Checkup tool does not modify any data in the trusted license storage – the tool only identifies issues that must be corrected before Thales performs the migration process. You can run the Migration Checkup tool repeatedly as required until all identified issues have been resolved.