Any Impact on Renaming NAT and Security Rules?

[mr_almeida]

Hey all!

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

Thank you,

Daniel

[BPry · Accepted solution]

@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. 

[SutareMayur]

@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.

[mr_almeida]

@SutareMayur  @BPry 

Thank you both for your answers!

[kmurillo]

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%20r....