topic Re: Management High Availability in Firewall and Security Management

Management High Availability

velo — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:21:24 GMT

What is Checkpoints stance on having redundant management servers? I assume it's recommended to have two servers running in HA in a production environment? Is that recommendation documented anywhere?

Secondly, do Checkpoint have a cloud offering for managing gateways? Looking for a solution that will support SMB 1500s and Quantum 6200.

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Infinity_Portal/WebAdminGuides/EN/Check-Point-SmartCloud-Admin-Guide/Topics-Smart-1-Cloud/Overview.htm

Re: Management High Availability

Chris_Atkinson — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:12:23 GMT

Two or more Mgmt servers are supported for high availability.

Depending on your requirements this can be a mix of machine types.

Smart-1 Cloud is our "Management as a Service" offering but Management can also be a VM(s) hosted on Azure/AWS etc

Re: Management High Availability

Tal_Paz-Fridman — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:38:22 GMT

You can read more about Management High Availability here:

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_SecurityManagement_AdminGuide/Content/Topics-SECMG/Overview-Management-High-Availability.htm?tocpath=Management%20High%20Availability%7C_____1#Overview_of_Management_High_Availability

Re: Management High Availability

the_rock — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:12:13 GMT

From my experience, only large companies use that...ie banks, MSPs, engineering firms, with lots of locations worldwide.

Though example I gave is more for MDS, mgmt HA is never a bad idea if you manage lots of gateways.

Andy

Re: Management High Availability

velo — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:34:58 GMT

Thanks