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Any Impact on Renaming NAT and Security Rules?

mr_almeida — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:41:32 GMT

Hey all!

Not been able to find info other than the impact of renaming zones which requires killing of sessions.

Thank you,

Daniel

Re: Any Impact on Renaming NAT and Security Rules?

BPry — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:06:06 GMT

@mr_almeida,

I've never ran into any issues while renaming either; if a session is already established it continues to work perfectly fine, and new sessions will match the updated entry.

Re: Any Impact on Renaming NAT and Security Rules?

SutareMayur — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:21:09 GMT

@mr_almeida,

Agreed with @BPry! I have done this several times in production environments and never faced any kind of issues. Post commit, new session will start matching the new entries.

Re: Any Impact on Renaming NAT and Security Rules?

mr_almeida — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:26:32 GMT

@SutareMayur @BPry

Thank you both for your answers!

Re: Any Impact on Renaming NAT and Security Rules?

kmurillo — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:24:46 GMT

Hi,

Although it is possible to accomplish this without any noticeable issues to your environment. Its recommended that you execute this change in a maintenance window.

I've experienced server\end device connectivity loss due to zone renaming. Additionally your BGP peer sessions will need to re-establish.

https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000Cm1cCAC#:~:text=Yes%2C%20renaming%20a%20zone%20will,name%20need%20to%20be%20cleared.