Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview Operations
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- Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements
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- Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector
- Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode
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- Preserve Existing Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on KVM
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Hyper-V
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Mount the Panorama ESXi Server to an NFS Datastore
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- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on vCloud Air
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Azure
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on KVM
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Hyper-V
- Increase the CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup
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- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Production Panorama to an ELA Panorama
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- Register Panorama
- Activate a Panorama Support License
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-connected
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is not Internet-connected
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance
- Install the Panorama Device Certificate
- Install the Device Certificate for a Dedicated Log Collector
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- Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series Appliance
- Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor
- Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 or M-500 Appliance to an M-200 or M-600 Appliance
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- Configure an Admin Role Profile
- Configure an Access Domain
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- Configure a Panorama Administrator Account
- Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface
- Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI
- Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure Tracking of Administrator Activity
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- Add a Firewall as a Managed Device
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- Add a Device Group
- Create a Device Group Hierarchy
- Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy
- Revert to Inherited Object Values
- Manage Unused Shared Objects
- Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects
- Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group
- Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls
- Device Group Push to a Multi-VSYS Firewall
- Manage the Rule Hierarchy
- Manage the Master Key from Panorama
- Schedule a Configuration Push to Managed Firewalls
- Redistribute Data to Managed Firewalls
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- Plan the Transition to Panorama Management
- Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management and Reuse Existing Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management and Push a New Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management and Reuse Existing Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management and Push a New Configuration
- Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama
- Localize a Panorama Pushed Configuration on a Managed Firewall
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- Configure a Managed Collector
- Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama
- Configure Syslog Forwarding to External Destinations
- Forward Logs to Strata Logging Service
- Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama
- Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults
- Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations
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- Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama
- Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama Management
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- Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama
- Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama
- Remove a Cluster from Panorama Management
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Predefined Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Custom Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama
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- Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes
- Enable Automated Commit Recovery
- Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations
- Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
- Add Custom Logos to Panorama
- Use the Panorama Task Manager
- Reboot or Shut Down Panorama
- Configure Panorama Password Profiles and Complexity
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- Verify Panorama Port Usage
- Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group
- Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance
- Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server
- Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama
- Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs
- View Log Query Jobs
- Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number Errors
- Troubleshoot Reporting Errors
- Troubleshoot Device Management License Errors
- Troubleshoot Automatically Reverted Firewall Configurations
- View Task Success or Failure Status
- Generate a Stats Dump File for a Managed Firewall
- Recover Managed Device Connectivity to Panorama
- Restore an Expired Device Certificate
Panorama Commit, Validation, and Preview Operations
When you are ready to activate changes that you made
to the candidate configuration on Panorama or to push changes to
the devices that Panorama manages (firewalls, Log Collectors, and
WildFire appliances and appliance clusters), you can Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes.
For example, if you add a Log Collector to the Panorama configuration, firewalls
cannot send logs to that Log Collector until you commit the change
to Panorama and then push the change to the Collector Group that
contains the Log Collector.
You can filter changes by administrator or location and
then commit, push, validate, or preview only those changes. The
location can be specific device groups, templates, Collector Groups, Log
Collectors, shared settings, or the Panorama management server.
When you commit changes, they become part of the running configuration.
Changes that you haven’t committed are part of the candidate configuration.
Panorama queues commit requests so that you can initiate a new commit
while a previous commit is in progress. Panorama performs the commits
in the order they are initiated but prioritizes auto-commits that
are initiated by Panorama (such as FQDN refreshes). However, if
the queue already has the maximum number of administrator-initiated
commits (10), you must wait for Panorama to finish processing a
pending commit before initiating a new one. You can Use the Panorama Task Manager (
) to cancel pending commits
or to see details about commits that are pending, in progress, completed,
or failed. To check which changes a commit will activate, you can
run a commit preview.
When you initiate a commit, Panorama checks the validity of the
changes before activating them. The validation output displays conditions
that block the commit (errors) or that are important to know (warnings).
For example, validation could indicate an invalid route destination
that you need to fix for the commit to succeed. The validation process
enables you to find and fix errors before you commit (it makes no
changes to the running configuration). This is useful if you have
a fixed commit window and want to be sure the commit will succeed
without errors.
When you preview your configuration commit, any configuration object added between
existing any other existing object is displayed as a modified configuration object
rather than an added configuration object. For example,
Address1
and Address2
are
existing Address objects. A Panorama admin later creates
Address3
and adds the Address object between
Address1
and Address2
.
When the Panorama admin goes to preview the configuration changes,
Address3
is displayed as a modified configuration
object. Automated commit recovery is enabled by default, allowing the
managed firewalls to locally test the configuration pushed from
Panorama to verify that the new changes do not break the connection
between Panorama and the managed firewall. If the committed configuration
breaks the connection between Panorama and a managed firewall then
the firewall automatically fails the commit and the configuration
is reverted to the previous running configuration and the Shared
Policy or Template Status ()
gets out of sync depending on which configuration objects were pushed.
Additionally, the managed firewalls test their connection to Panorama
every 60 minutes and if a managed firewall detects that it can no
longer successfully connect to Panorama then it reverts its configuration
to the previous running configuration.
Panorama
Managed Devices
Summary
For details on candidate and running configurations, see Manage Panorama and Firewall Configuration Backups.
To
prevent multiple administrators from making configuration changes
during concurrent sessions, see Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes.
When
pushing configurations to managed firewalls, Panorama pushes the
running configuration. Because of this, Panorama does not let you
push changes to managed firewalls until you first commit the changes
to Panorama.