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Re: [FW-1] Firewall Management HA Setup



Matthias,  thanks for your reply.  Forgot to mention
that I am still in 4.1.  Can I do this with 4.1?

Yim
--- Matthias Leu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Yim,
> first of all you will need a license for this
> feature. Then, the
> Managements have to be installed on separate
> machines, without Firewall.
> Then, it works quite fine.
>
> The configuration is like
> - Install Management on a separate machine selecting
> "secondary
> management server"
> - Copy from $FWDIR/conf/ from primrary to secondary
> management:
>    internalCa.p12
>    internalCA.NDB*
>    internalCA.crl
>    ICA.crl
> - On the primary Management define the secondary as
> a Check Point, Host,
> and select as installed product "secondary
> Management".
> - Set up SIC with AuthPasswords
> - Install/save the rulebase
> - To synchronize select Policy, Management HA, Peer
> Status
>    Then select synchronize
> - Define the secondary Management as Master of your
> Firewalls, too.
>
> You can synchronize manually or automatically then.
> And, it doens't
> matter, which Management you use. But, you will need
> two machines
> without Firewall installed - just the Management. If
> you can't separate,
> maybe a backup by script will do also.
>
> Hope it helps,
> best regards,
> Matthias
> http://www.fw-1.de
>
> Yim Lee wrote:
> > I have a pair of Nokia 530 doing firewall
> management
> > and gateway.  Currently, I have the Nokia in a
> > primary/standby mode and sync all the changes from
> the
> > primary to the standby each night.  I would like
> to
> > move both boxes to a VRRP HA pair.  My question is
> how
> > do I get the management stuff sync up between the
> two
> > boxes if both firewalls are up and running?
> Anyone is
> > doing this?  Your comments are appricated.
> >
> > Yim
>
>
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