Watchguard V10 Supplementary Manual

Also see for Firebox V10: Hardware guide Quick start guide End user guide Installation guide Hardware guide

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Managing High AvailabilityHigh Availability Guide 13Managing High AvailabilityConfiguring PoliciesChanges to the policy configuration and other system settings in theActive appliance are automatically synchronized to the secondary system,provided that the secondary appliance has not failed.A failed appliance will automatically retrieve the new policyconfiguration from the active appliance when it recovers from the failure.In rare situations, configurations can get out of sync, and one appliancemay be left in the ADMIN state. You can perform a manual HASync tosync the two appliances again.Analyzing System FailuresWhen an appliance fails, the other active appliance takes over processing.When you log into the active appliance using Vcontroller, check theSystem Status in the lower left corner to determine which appliance youare connecting to. Note that in Active/Active mode, you will beconnected to the secondary appliance if the primary appliance has failed,even if you connect via the IP address of the private interface on thePrimary appliance.Checking HA system statusThe WatchGuard Vcontroller provides a quick-check feature that tellsyou, at a glance, the status of your HA system. Look in the lower-leftcorner of the WatchGuard Vcontroller for the system indicator.The “HA” monitor tells you which appliance you are logged into,whether it is Primary or Secondary, and whether it is Active or Failover..