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Chapter 1 Configuring Active/Standby Failover
When the replication starts, the ASA console on the active unit displays the message "Beginning
configuration replication: Sending to mate," and when it is complete, the ASA displays the message
"End Configuration Replication to mate." During replication, commands entered on the active unit may
not replicate properly to the standby unit, and commands entered on the standby unit may be overwritten
by the configuration being replicated from the active unit. Avoid entering commands on either unit in
the failover pair during the configuration replication process. Depending upon the size of the
configuration, replication can take from a few seconds to several minutes.
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The crypto ca server command and related sub commands are not synchronized to the failover peer.
On the standby unit, the configuration exists only in running memory. To save the configuration to flash
memory after synchronization, do the following:
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Startup configurations saved on external servers are accessible from either unit over the network and do
not need to be saved separately for each unit. Alternatively, you can copy the contexts on disk from the
active unit to an external server, and then copy them to disk on the standby unit, where they become
available when the unit reloads.
Command Replication
Command replication always flows from the active unit to the standby unit.As commands are entered on
the active unit, they are sent across the failover link to the standby unit. You do not have to save the active
configuration to flash memory to replicate the commands.
The following commands that are replicated to the standby ASA:
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The following commands that are not replicated to the standby ASA:
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For single context mode, enter the write memory command on the active unit. The command is
replicated to the standby unit, which proceeds to write its configuration to flash memory.
For multiple context mode, enter the write memory all command on the active unit from the system
execution space. The command is replicated to the standby unit, which proceeds to write its
configuration to flash memory. Using the all keyword with this command causes the system and all
context configurations to be saved.
All configuration commands except for mode, firewall, and failover lan unit
copy running-config startup-config
delete
mkdir
rename
rmdir
write memory
All forms of the copy command except for copy running-config startup-config
All forms of the write command except for write memory
debug
failover lan unit
firewall
Information About Active/Standby Failover
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