there is also the option of the Management Appliance extracting configuration and policy data
from the first Web Appliance to join.
Scenario 1: Your growing organization now requires more than one
appliance
If your organization begins with a single standalone Web Appliance and then grows to require a
multiple Web Appliances, the deployment of the additional appliances would be as follows:
Preparing to Join a Management Appliance
Before you join an existing Web Appliance to a Management Appliance, take the following steps
to ensure that building your group is a smooth and successful process.
1. Be sure that you perform a backup that includes system configuration data and system logs.
2. If you want to use the policy and configuration data from an established Web Appliance that
you plan to join to a Management Appliance, on the Configuration > System > Central
Management page on the Management Appliance, be sure to select the Copy configuration
and policy data from the first web appliance to join before joining the established Web
Appliance. Ensure that the established Web Appliance is the first Web Appliance that you join
to the Management Appliance.
Joining a Management Appliance and Other Appliances
1. Join your organization’s original, already-configured Web Appliance
to the Management
Appliance
.
The original Web Appliance’s configuration and policy data are copied to the Management
Appliance (shown with blue dotted line).
2. Join the new Web Appliances to the Management Appliance
. This can be done in any order,
whether the new Web Appliances are in the same location or in remote locations ( and
).
The new Web Appliances that are joined— , , and —then receive their configuration and
policy data from the Management Appliance.
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