Additional gateway in existing environment

[Fraol14]

We wanted to add an additional gateway. how can we sync all the policies and changes in the existing gateway to the new one?

[Chris_Atkinson]

Are you replacing previous hardware with new or are you attempting to make a cluster from two identical machines or something else entirely?

[Fraol14]

we are replacing a failed hardware.

[Chris_Atkinson · Accepted solution]

The policies are stored in the management for those gateways that are centrally managed.

This means basic appliance build, restoring of backup / snapshot, confirming connectivity to the management and install policy at a high level.

The exact process will vary depending on the specific of the old & new hardware and if it's part of a cluster or not etc.

[Fraol14]

So can we use a backup from one gateway to the other?

[_Val_]

Backup does not have any of the binaries, only the configuration files for both OS and products. That means, you can only use backup on another appliance  under two conditions:

1. The new appliance has the identical HW as the old one.
2. It is pre-installed with exactly the same software version, including the major and minor versions, HFAs, and private fixes.

[_Val_]

In the case of the RMA, you can use Central Deployment Tool in RMA mode to simplify the new GW deployment