Changing FusionHub solo to FusionHub Essential

Product Discussion FusionHub
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Hello, dear peplink users
I have a question, is there an easy way to switch from FusionHub solo to FusionHub Essential without losing configuration and settings. I just bought a license (5 peers) - FusionHub Essential, but after loading the license in Incontrol a new FusionHub instance appeared , I would like to assign it to this FusionHub Solo (I already have tunnel configurations there). I have Fusion Hub as virtual on Proxmox. I would like to ask if if I do these operations one by one, I will be able to save the entire configuration, for example:

  1. Copy settings in fusionHUB (solo)
  2. Copy virtual FusionHub Solo in proxmox
  3. Shut down virtual FusionHub Solo in proxmox
  4. Restore virtual from copy in proxmox (new Fusionhub instance will appear in Incontrol - maybe)
  5. Load license in Incontrol (FusionHub Essential) to this new FusionHUB instance
  6. Then load configuration from point 1.

Will this solve the problem - or maybe I am thinking wrong and I need to do something else
I would like to achieve the effect that the current FusionHub Solo machine will accept the license I purchased and will not lose settings and configuration in fusionHUB

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Nope. you’ll have two Fusionhubs using the same serial / license and the new one will likely have its license revoked by InControl.

Instead if you can cope with a moment of speedfusion downtime I would :

  1. Build a new Fusionhub instance in Proxmox.
  2. Upgrade it to latest firmware.
  3. Apply the new license to it.
  4. Backup the config from your Fusionhub solo
  5. Apply the config backup to the new Fusionhub and power down the old one.

The only thing to watch out for is if you have built manual speedfusion tunnels using the FusionHub Serial instead of a custom FusionHub ID. In which case since the serials will change the tunnels won’t rebuild.

If you are using InControl to manage the tunnels you’ll be fine.

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I did as you suggested - everything ended well
Thank you for your support Best regards

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