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.