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Migration Process

This tutorial describes the process for migrating a partition from an on-premises Primus HSM to CloudHSM shared or dedicated cluster.

Precondition​

  • Check firmware version of your on-premises Primus HSM (Device) and submit to Securosys via Support ticket.
  • Decanus Terminal, Rel. v2.1.3 and later
  • Decanus paired with Device (Device Administration)
  • Decanus paired with Partition Administration (PA) of user to be migrated to CloudHSM - HSMaaS (shared or dedicated)
  • Empty or already existing Partition-Backup Card “Yellow Card” (P-Backup Card)
  • If Partition Administration is not setup: Empty Partition SO Card (PSO)
  • Valid License with the following items licensed: (verify using: SYSTEM > DIAG. DEVICE > LICENSE)
    • Partition Administration
    • Device Backup
    • Optional if working with Decanus: Decanus Remote Terminal
  • Network connectivity of Decanus and on-prem Primus HSM (e.g. firewall rules)
  • USB-thumbdrive to store partition backup file
  • CloudHSM - HSMaaS shared service subscription or available partition on dedicate HSM service subscription

On the on-premises Device proceed as follow with the Decanus​

Onboard Partition Administration (if you already have partition administration you can skip this step)​

  • SETUP > CONFIGURATION > SECURITY > USER > “Management access” > enabled
  • Issue new Management pairing password
    • SO ACTIVATION > ENTER PIN of 1st SO > ENTER PIN of 2nd SO > ROLES > USER > MGMT Password > “PARTITION_NAME”
  • Onboard Partition Administration
    • Switch Decanus Mode to "Partition Administration"
    • ONBOARD > "Enter HSM URL/IP" > "Enter TCP Port; default 2300 JCE" > "Enter HSM Username" > "Enter Mgmt. Password" > INSERT empty Partition SO Card (PSO) on Slot 1 > ONBOARD

Create Partition-Backup Card “Yellow Card”​

  • BACKUP > PARTITION BACKUP > P-BACKUP CARD > “PARTITION_NAME” > INSERT Yellow Card into Slot 2 > Enter new P-Backup Card Pin twice

Create Partition Backup​

  • Switch Decanus Mode to "Partition Administration" (PA) > Login to Partition
  • BACKUP > CREATE > Insert USB-stick, partition backup is stored to USB-memory, “Write down the Backup password”

Sending Partition Backup, Partition-Backup Card "Yellow Card" and Backup password to Securosys Headquarter Switzerland​

Transfer the just created items to Securosys:

  • Send the Partition-Backup Card to Headquarter Securosys Switzerland: https://www.securosys.com/en/contactus
  • Send the Partition Backup password to Securosys via secure Channel
  • Send the Partition Backup to Securosys via secure Channel