You can change the members of a managed set, manually synchronize
the sharable appliance settings, administer the versions of sharable appliance
settings that are available for a managed set, change firmware versions, administer
domains, or deploy a domain or sharable appliance settings version.
About this task
To modify a managed set, in the administrative console, click managedset_name,
and then complete one or more of the following actions.
Procedure
- To add appliances to the managed set, click , and then select the appliances that
you want to add to this managed set.
- To remove appliances from the managed set, click , and then select the
appliances that you want to remove from this managed set.
- To choose a different appliance as the master appliance, click , and then select a different
appliance as the master appliance.
- 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, you can click if you need to manually force
a synchronization to occur.
- To access the DataPower® WebGUI to configure an appliance or a
firmware version, click .
- To modify which firmware version is the active firmware version
for the managed set, in the Firmware section, click .
Avoid trouble: Do
not use the DataPower 3.6.0.28, 3.6.0.29, or 3.6.0.30 level of firmware for
a managed set.
gotcha
Typically, when you create a managed set of DataPower
appliances, the DataPower appliance manager completes the following process:
- Creates a shareable appliance settings version from the shareable appliance
settings on the master appliance.
- Synchronizes the settings across the managed set. This synchronization
process is repeated whenever the shareable appliance settings change on the
master appliance.
Similarly, when a domain is added to a managed set in the DataPower
appliance manager, the DataPower appliance manager typically completes the
following process:
- Creates a domain version from the domain on the master appliance.
- Synchronizes the domain version across the managed set. This synchronization
process is repeated every time that the domain changes on the master appliance.
If you use the DataPower 3.6.0.28, 3.6.0.29, or 3.6.0.30 level
of firmware for a managed set, the firmware level might cause the DataPower
appliance manager to unnecessarily create new shareable appliance settings
versions, or domain versions, and then synchronize these new versions across
the managed set.
- To view a list of settings versions that have been used for the
managed set, in the Settings section, click .
You can then click , if you want to change the version
that is being used for this managed set, or if you want to delete a version.
- To view a list of appliances assigned to the managed set, click .
- To view a list of all of the managed domains on the master appliance,
in the Managed domains section, expand the field. Within this field, you
can change a domain from managed to unmanaged, or access the DataPower WebGUI
to configure a domain.
- To change a domain from managed to unmanaged, select the domain,
and then click .
- To access the DataPower WebGUI to configure a domain, click at the top of the Managed Domains
table.
Clicking launches
the DataPower WebGUI in the managed domain on the master appliance.
- To view a list of all of the managed domains for this managed set,
in the Managed domains section, expand the field. Within
this field, you can change a domain from unmanaged to managed, or click to access the DataPower WebGUI,
and configure a domain.
- To change a domain from unmanaged to managed, select the domain,
and then click
- To access the DataPower WebGUI to configure a domain, click at the top of the Managed Domains
table.
What to do next
When you add appliances to or remove appliances from a managed
set, perform a manual synchronization, change firmware versions, shareable
settings or domain versions, an appliance manager task is created. To monitor
the progress of these tasks, in the administrative console, click .