Palo Alto Config Restore from LM backup file
This weekend I had a problem with one of my Palo Alto Firewalls. Luckily I wasn't concerned because I had LM backing up my config all the time. Unfortunately although the data is there, I could not get it into a format that I could load back into the firewall. Has anybody successfully done this? Any hints?
Thanks
What I've tried:
- 1. Download the file in *.conf format. Imports in but won't load.
- 2. Download *.conf and then change the extension to .xml. Imports but won't load. XML file is viewable in a browser fine.
- 3. The exports from a PA firewall have no file extension so I downloaded the .conf and removed it. imports but won't load.
- 4. Copied and pasted all the lines from the LM console into Notepad++ and then remove the line numbers from all the lines. I tried saving as xml and dropping the file extenstion. It imports but won't load.
Clinansmith
Posted 6 years ago·Last reply 6 years ago
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Clinansmith
OP6 years agoMy LM rep was able to run this by the internal support people and got me the following answer. I hope this helps somebody else in the future till they fix this.
mhashemi
·6 years agoI don't have a device against which to test, but it looks like Palo Alto firewalls need a valid .xml file. You could export from the UI and compare that file format to the downloaded CS backup from LM.