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05-13-2026 01:14 PM
Hello everyone,
Here is the scenario:
Under High Availability → General → Setup, for the option “Enable Config Sync”, which firewall should have this setting enabled — PA-A or PA-B?
for both to have all the configure?
05-13-2026 03:23 PM
Hi @Y.Acosta170952 ,
You would enable Config Sync on both firewalls in the HA pair. Once HA is established and config sync is enabled, PA-A with the lower device priority of 50 becomes the source of truth and will sync the running config to your PA-B with the priority of 100.
Regarding your PA-B with no config, I would make sure that PA-B has the same PAN-OS version, content versions, and have the mgmt/data interfaces aligned before syncing.
05-13-2026 03:13 PM
Hello @Y.Acosta170952
best practice is to enabled the "Enable Config Sync" in both Firewalls in HA pair. Below are references from KBs:
How to Configure High Availability on PAN-OS
High-Availability - Out of Sync Peers - Configuration
Kind Regards
Pavel
05-13-2026 03:23 PM
Hi @Y.Acosta170952 ,
You would enable Config Sync on both firewalls in the HA pair. Once HA is established and config sync is enabled, PA-A with the lower device priority of 50 becomes the source of truth and will sync the running config to your PA-B with the priority of 100.
Regarding your PA-B with no config, I would make sure that PA-B has the same PAN-OS version, content versions, and have the mgmt/data interfaces aligned before syncing.
05-15-2026 11:18 AM
@Y.Acosta170952170952 Both firewalls need to have the config sync available .
Regards
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