topic Re: migrating a VM firewall to availability zones within Azure? in VM-Series in the Public Cloud https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/vm-series-in-the-public-cloud/migrating-a-vm-firewall-to-availability-zones-within-azure/m-p/393701#M1141 <P>My current thinking for the method is to take a backup of the gateway. And also to export a named config. Followed by:</P><P>- Delete the gateway in Azure.</P><P>- Create a new gateway (from Marketplace) with the same name, subnet, and ip address as the old.</P><P>- Once the new gateway is up and reachable, import the named config.</P><P>- Update the license/subscriptions, as saved in the Palo portal, with the new gateway ID.</P><P>Is there a better way? Or any missing steps?</P> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:53:24 GMT JimMcGrady 2021-03-25T05:53:24Z migrating a VM firewall to availability zones within Azure? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/vm-series-in-the-public-cloud/migrating-a-vm-firewall-to-availability-zones-within-azure/m-p/391899#M1139 <P>My Azure region has recently become availability zone capable. Is there a recommended process for converting/migrating Palo VM firewalls so they make use of this feature?</P> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:09:02 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/vm-series-in-the-public-cloud/migrating-a-vm-firewall-to-availability-zones-within-azure/m-p/391899#M1139 JimMcGrady 2021-03-18T05:09:02Z Re: migrating a VM firewall to availability zones within Azure? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/vm-series-in-the-public-cloud/migrating-a-vm-firewall-to-availability-zones-within-azure/m-p/393701#M1141 <P>My current thinking for the method is to take a backup of the gateway. And also to export a named config. Followed by:</P><P>- Delete the gateway in Azure.</P><P>- Create a new gateway (from Marketplace) with the same name, subnet, and ip address as the old.</P><P>- Once the new gateway is up and reachable, import the named config.</P><P>- Update the license/subscriptions, as saved in the Palo portal, with the new gateway ID.</P><P>Is there a better way? Or any missing steps?</P> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:53:24 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/vm-series-in-the-public-cloud/migrating-a-vm-firewall-to-availability-zones-within-azure/m-p/393701#M1141 JimMcGrady 2021-03-25T05:53:24Z