topic Re: what is the best way to import backup into secondary RMA panorama M200 in Panorama Discussions

what is the best way to import backup into secondary RMA panorama M200

Deepak25 — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:38:09 GMT

We RMA secondary Panorama M200 , currently we don't have backup of Secondary panorama. But Primary M200 is accessible.

Which backup will be better option to export from Primary Panorama and import into Secondary Panorama ?

1. Export named Panorama configuration snapshot without selecting device groups and templates. size : 8191 kb

2. Export named Panorama configuration snapshot with selecting device groups and templates . size : 5372 kb

Export Panorama configuration version

4. Can we import device config bundle ?

Also please note that we have collector group configuration between Panorama HA pair , is there any issue in collector group configuration or building (SSD/HDD) in RMA secondary panorama ?

If yes , then do we we need to look for last month Secondary Panorama backup? importing last month backup of Secondary Panorama will be suitable in that case?

Re: what is the best way to import backup into secondary RMA panorama M200

jdelio — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:20:48 GMT

When you have an HA config, the configs are synced.. which helps,, but as far as if you can restore the primary as the secondary.. I am not sure, as the information specifically for that machine like machine name etc, would also be there and that could mess things up that way.

As I said, since most of the config is synced between the members, you may be able to get away with configuring the basics, and then syncing.. but I am not 100% sure on that.

Here are a couple of documents on backup up panorama for reference.

How to Back up Panorama

Backing Up and Restoring Configurations

Re: what is the best way to import backup into secondary RMA panorama M200

jdelio — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:22:21 GMT

And here is information about the syncing:

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/panorama-high-availability/synchronization-between-panorama-ha-peers.html#id3f2e16fe-3b98-407e-b6f9-43c916bcc3ab

Re: what is the best way to import backup into secondary RMA panorama M200

S.Cantwell — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:20:53 GMT

It very much possible to export the Panorama configuration from the Primary and import to a 2ndary Panorama.

You only need to change the Mgmt IP, hostname, and the HA configurations, so that the 2 Panoramas would not overlap hostname, IP, and compliment the HA.

Re: what is the best way to import backup into secondary RMA panorama M200

Deepak25 — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:13:40 GMT

Config import didn't work. Even tac engineer failed to import. Lastly we have sync the config from Primary Panorama and did management specific changes manually on Secondary Panorama.