HA failover if Running Config is not synced

[MP18]

If on Active Passive PA  both shows running config not sync 

Say  failover happens for somereason  or we trigger the manual failover  bgy suspending the active PA will then

Passive PA becomes active and start passing the traffic even though running config is not syc between two?

[BPry · Accepted solution]

@MP18,

The passive PA will still become active, and will still pass traffic, it simply will not be utilizing the same configuration file. This can cause issues for example if you've since added/removed additional security policies that are not present on the peer HA unit; a function that is expected to be working could possibly stop functioning simply because the configuration was not in sync with your peer unit. 

[BPry · Accepted solution]

@MP18,

The passive PA will still become active, and will still pass traffic, it simply will not be utilizing the same configuration file. This can cause issues for example if you've since added/removed additional security policies that are not present on the peer HA unit; a function that is expected to be working could possibly stop functioning simply because the configuration was not in sync with your peer unit. 

[MP18]

Best Regards

Mike