Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors
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- Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements
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- Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector
- Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode
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- Preserve Existing Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Hyper-V
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on KVM
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Mount the Panorama ESXi Server to an NFS Datastore
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- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on vCloud Air
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Azure
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Hyper-V
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on KVM
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup
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- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Production Panorama to an ELA Panorama
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- Register Panorama
- Activate a Panorama Support License
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-connected
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is not Internet-connected
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance
- Install the Panorama Device Certificate
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- Panorama, Log Collector, Firewall, and WildFire Version Compatibility
- Install Updates for Panorama in an HA Configuration
- Install Updates for Panorama with an Internet Connection
- Install Updates for Panorama When Not Internet-Connected
- Install Updates Automatically for Panorama without an Internet Connection
- Migrate Panorama Logs to the New Log Format
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- Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series Appliance
- Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor
- Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 or M-500 Appliance to an M-200 or M-600 Appliance
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- Configure an Admin Role Profile
- Configure an Access Domain
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- Configure a Panorama Administrator Account
- Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface
- Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI
- Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators
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- Add a Firewall as a Managed Device
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- Add a Device Group
- Create a Device Group Hierarchy
- Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy
- Revert to Inherited Object Values
- Manage Unused Shared Objects
- Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects
- Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group
- Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls
- Manage the Rule Hierarchy
- Manage the Master Key from Panorama
- Redistribute Data to Managed Firewalls
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- Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama
- Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama Management
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- Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama
- Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama
- Remove a Cluster from Panorama Management
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Predefined Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Custom Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama
- Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama with an Internet Connection
- Upgrade a Cluster Centrally on Panorama without an Internet Connection
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- Manage Licenses on Firewalls Using Panorama
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- Supported Updates
- Schedule a Content Update Using Panorama
- Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Internet-Connected
- Upgrade Log Collectors When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected
- Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Internet-Connected
- Upgrade Firewalls When Panorama Is Not Internet-Connected
- Upgrade a ZTP Firewall
- Revert Content Updates from Panorama
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- Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes
- Enable Automated Commit Recovery
- Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations
- Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
- Add Custom Logos to Panorama
- Use the Panorama Task Manager
- Reboot or Shut Down Panorama
- Configure Panorama Password Profiles and Complexity
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- Verify Panorama Port Usage
- Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group
- Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance
- Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server
- Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama
- Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs
- View Log Query Jobs
- Troubleshoot Commit Failures
- Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number Errors
- Troubleshoot Reporting Errors
- Troubleshoot Device Management License Errors
- Troubleshoot Automatically Reverted Firewall Configurations
- Complete Content Update When Panorama HA Peer is Down
- View Task Success or Failure Status
- Downgrade from Panorama 10.0
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Deploy Panorama Virtual Appliances with Local Log Collectors
You can configure firewalls to send logs to
a Log Collector that runs locally on a Panorama virtual appliance
in Panorama mode. In a high availability (HA) configuration, each
Panorama HA peer can have a local Log Collector. You can assign
the local Log Collectors on the HA peers to the same Collector Group
or to separate Collector Groups, as illustrated in the following
figures. Refer to the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance to review
the supported logs per second when deploying the Panorama virtual
appliance with local Log Collectors in a VMware virtual infrastructure.
If you will assign more than one Log Collector
to a Collector Group, see Caveats
for a Collector Group with Multiple Log Collectors to understand
the requirements, risks, and recommended mitigations.
Perform
the following steps to deploy Panorama with local Log Collectors.
Skip any steps you have already performed (such as the initial setup).
- Perform the initial setup of each Panorama virtual
appliance.
- Install
the Panorama Virtual Appliance. You must configure the following
resources to ensure the virtual appliance starts in Panorama mode:
- System disk with exactly 81GB of storage.
- CPUs and memory that are sufficient for the quantity of logs that Panorama will receive and store.
- Virtual logging disk with 2–24TB of storage.
Panorama automatically divides the new disk into 2TB partitions, each of which will function as a separate virtual disk. - Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
- Register Panorama and Install Licenses.
- Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
- Install
the Panorama Virtual Appliance. You must configure the following
resources to ensure the virtual appliance starts in Panorama mode:
- Set up the Panorama virtual appliances in an HA configuration.
- Add a Log Collector that is local to the primary Panorama.On the primary Panorama:
- Record the Panorama serial number.
- Access the Panorama web interface.
- Select Dashboard and record the Serial # in the General Information section.
- Add the Log Collector as a managed collector.
- Select PanoramaManaged Collectors and Add a new Log Collector.
- In the General settings, enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for Panorama.
- Click OK to save your changes.
- Select CommitCommit to Panorama.This step is required before you can add the virtual logging disks.
- Add the virtual logging disks.
- Select PanoramaManaged Collectors and edit the Log Collector by clicking its name.The Log Collector name has the same value as the hostname of the primary Panorama.
- Select Disks and Add the virtual logging disks.
- Click OK to save your changes.
- Select CommitCommit to Panorama.
- Record the Panorama serial number.
- Add a Log Collector that is local to the secondary Panorama.Panorama treats this Log Collector as remote because it does not run locally on the primary Panorama.
- Record the serial number of the secondary
Panorama.
- Access the web interface of the secondary Panorama.
- Select Dashboard and record the Serial # in the General Information section.
- Access the web interface of the primary Panorama.
- Select PanoramaManaged Collectors and Add the Log Collector.
- In the General settings, enter the serial number (Collector S/N) you recorded for the secondary Panorama.
- Enter the IP address or FQDN of the primary and secondary
Panorama HA peers in the Panorama Server IP field
and Panorama Server IP 2 field respectively.Both of these fields are required.
- Click OK to save your changes to the Log Collector.
- Select CommitCommit to Panorama and Commit your
changes.This step is required before you can add the virtual logging disks.
- Edit the Log Collector by clicking its name.The Log Collector name has the same value as the hostname of the secondary Panorama.
- Select Disks, Add the virtual logging disks, and click OK.
- Select CommitCommit to Panorama and Commit your changes.
- Record the serial number of the secondary
Panorama.
- Add
a Firewall as a Managed Device.Use the primary Panorama to perform this task for each firewall that will forward logs to the Log Collectors.
- Configure the Collector Group.Perform this step once if you will assign both Log Collectors to the same Collector Group. Otherwise, configure a Collector Group for each Log Collector.On the primary Panorama:
- Select PanoramaCollector Groups and Add a Collector Group.
- Add one or both Log Collectors
as Collector Group Members.In any single Collector Group, all the Log Collectors must run on the same Panorama model: all M-600 appliances, all M-500 appliances, all M-200 appliances, or all Panorama virtual appliances.
- (Best Practice) Enable log redundancy
across collectors if you add multiple Log Collectors
to a single Collector group. This option requires each Log Collector
to have the same number of virtual logging disks.Enabling redundancy doubles the amount of logs and log processing traffic in a Collector Group. If necessary, Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
- Select Device Log Forwarding and
configure the Log Forwarding Preferences list. This list defines
which firewalls forward logs to which Log Collectors. Assign firewalls
according to the number of Log Collectors in this Collector Group:
- Single—Assign the firewalls that will forward logs to the Log Collector that is local to the primary Panorama, as illustrated in Single Log Collector Per Collector Group.
- Multiple—Assign each firewall to both Log Collectors for redundancy. When you configure the preference list, make Log Collector 1 the first priority for half the firewalls and make Log Collector 2 the first priority for the other half, as illustrated in Multiple Log Collectors Per Collector Group.
- Click OK to save your changes.
- Select CommitCommit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to Panorama and the Collector Groups you added.
- Trigger failover on the primary Panorama so that the
secondary Panorama becomes active.On the primary Panorama:
- Select PanoramaHigh Availability.
- Click Suspend local Panorama in the Operational Commands section.
- Configure the connection from the secondary Panorama
to the Log Collector that is local to the primary Panorama.On the secondary Panorama:
- In the Panorama web interface, select PanoramaManaged Collectors and select the Log Collector that is local to the primary Panorama.
- Enter the IP address or FQDN of the primary and secondary
Panorama HA peers in the Panorama Server IP field
and Panorama Server IP 2 field respectively.Both of these fields are required.
- Click OK to save your changes.
- Select CommitCommit and Push and then Commit and Push your changes to Panorama and the Collector Groups.
- Restore HA functionality on the primary Panorama.
- Log in to the Panorama web interface of the primary Panorama.
- Select PanoramaHigh Availability.
- Make local Panorama functional for high availability.
- Trigger fail-back on the secondary Panorama so that the
primary Panorama becomes active.On the secondary Panorama:
- Select PanoramaHigh Availability.
- Click Suspend local Panorama in the Operational Commands section.
- Make local Panorama functional for high availability to restore HA functionality to the secondary Panorama.
- In the Dashboard, verify in the High Availability widget that the secondary Panorama is secondary-passive.
- Log in to the Panorama web interface of the primary Panorama and in the Dashboard, verify in the High Availability widget that the primary Panorama is primary-active.
- Configure log forwarding from the firewalls to Panorama.On the primary Panorama to: