Replacing Firewall Management Centers in a High Availability Pair

If you need to replace a failed unit in the Firewall Management Center high availability pair, you must follow one of the procedures listed below. The table lists four possible failure scenarios and their corresponding replacement procedures.

Failure Status

Data Backup Status

Replacement Procedure

Primary Firewall Management Center failed

Data backup successful

Replace a Failed Primary Firewall Management Center (Successful Backup)

Data backup not successful

Replace a Failed Primary Firewall Management Center (Unsuccessful Backup)

Secondary Firewall Management Center failed

Data backup successful

Replace a Failed Secondary Firewall Management Center (Successful Backup)

Data backup not successful

Replace a Failed Secondary Firewall Management Center (Unsuccessful Backup)