PAN 4.1 Forced and Partial commits

[mjessee]

We are looking into changing from using the 4.0.8's XML API to 4.1.3's XML API and I was wondering what the new Force and Partial commits do? I don't see much in the documentation that explains the reasons and usages for these new features.

Also, I was wondering if there is any documentation that talks about how to do a specific vsys only commit and what the limitations are on it.

[SRA]

The force and partial commit options are explained in the CLI guide. See snippet below:

Syntax

commit {force}

{

partial device-and-network excluded |

partial shared-object excluded |

partial vsys <value> |

partial no-vsys

}

Options

> force — Forces the commit command in the event of a conflict

> partial — Commits the specified part of the configuration

+ device-and-network — Excludes device and network configurations from the commit (configurations under

config/mgt-config, config/devices/platform, config/devices/deviceconfig, and config/devices/network)

+ shared-object — Excludes shared object configurations from the commit (configurations under (config/

shared; also excludes config/devices/vsys if in single vsys mode)

+ vsys — Commits only the specified virtual system configurations

> no-vsys — Excludes all virtual systems from the commit (configurations under config/devices/vsys)