If a problem occurs that makes a DataPower appliance unable to
function properly, you can use the DataPower® appliance manager to copy
the configuration of that appliance to a different appliance.
Before you begin
Verify that the replacement DataPower appliance:
- Has the same device type, model type, and licensed features as the DataPower
appliance that this appliance is replacing. The DataPower appliance manager
requires all appliances in a managed set to be homogenous.
- Has been added to the DataPower appliance manager.
About this task
Avoid trouble: Do not remove
a DataPower appliance from a managed set if it is the only appliance in that
managed set, until you have added the replacement appliance to that managed
set. Removing the last appliance from a managed set causes the managed set
to be deleted, and all of the versions of the shareable settings and domains
to be removed from the DataPower appliance manager. There is not any way for
you to recover these removed versions.
gotcha
For security reasons, the
DataPower appliance manager does not include Crypto material, such as keys
and certificates, in the shareable settings and domain versions that it creates.
Therefore, the following procedure does not include the restoration of Crypto
material. After you replace an appliance, you must manually add the Crypto
material for the replacement appliance.
Procedure
- From the administrative console, click
- Click the name of the managed set to which the DataPower appliance
that is being replaced belongs, and then click .
- Select the replacement appliance, and then click Add
- Click to
manually synchronize the firmware, shared appliance settings and managed domains
throughout the managed set.
The appliance manager always attempts
to keep the firmware, shared appliance settings and managed domains synchronized
across all of the appliances in a managed set. However, when you can click , you are forcing an immediate
synchronization to occur.
- Click ,
and select the appliance that you are replacing, and then click Remove.
Results
The replacement appliance is being added to the managed set, and the
original appliance is being removed from the managed set.
What to do next
Click to monitor the progress of the addition of the replacement
appliance to the managed set, and the removal of the original appliance from
the managed set.