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title: Planning for migration from Vulnerability Response to Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\)
description: When upgrading to Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\) v30.0, you can choose between two primary methods: the Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management and the Store App Manager. This topic outlines the capabilities of each method across key migration steps.
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# Planning for migration from Vulnerability Response to Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\)

When upgrading to Unified Security Exposure Management \(USEM\) v30.0, you can choose between two primary methods: the Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management and the Store App Manager. This topic outlines the capabilities of each method across key migration steps.

## Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management vs Store App Manager

|Step|Activity|Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management|Store App Manager|
|----|--------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|1|Pre-upgrade insights|✅ Supported|❌ Not Supported|
|2|Temporarily disable integrations|✅ Supported|❌ Not Supported|
|3|Introduce schema changes|✅ Supported|✅ Supported|
|4|Migrate data from rules|✅ Supported|✅ Supported|
|5|Introduce USEM functionality|✅ Supported|✅ Supported|
|6|Upgrade other VR Store Apps to v30.0 \(USEM\)|✅ Supported|❌ Not Supported|

## Why choose the Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management

The Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management provides a more comprehensive and controlled upgrade path compared to the standard Store App Manager. It’s designed to offer a robust and interactive experience, ensuring a smoother transition to USEM v30.0. The advantages of the Migration assistant for Unified Security Exposure Management are:

-   **Comprehensive support**: It handles critical pre-upgrade assessments and ensures that all necessary schema changes and data migrations from existing rules are managed seamlessly.
-   **Integration safety**: The toolkit can temporarily disable integrations during the migration, avoiding potential disruptions and promoting data integrity.
-   **Full functionality and compatibility**: It fully supports the introduction of new USEM functionality and is essential for upgrading other Vulnerability Response Store Apps to be compatible with USEM v30.0.
-   **Reduced risk**: By providing pre-upgrade insights and managing integrations, the toolkit significantly reduces the risk of upgrade failures.
-   **Controlled process**: It offers a more guided and controlled migration, leading to a faster and more predictable outcome.
-   **Enhanced visibility**: Provides better visibility into each step of the upgrade process and its dependencies.

In summary, for a successful and efficient upgrade to USEM v30.0, the Migration Assistance Tool is the preferred choice.

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