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Revisions

What can I do here?

In this view you can see the history of published all changes to configuration settings in your deployment. You can see:

You can:

Getting Here

Getting Here - Manage & Settings > Revisions

Or:

SmartConsole for Multi-Domain Server > Multi Domain > Revisions

Or:

Install Policy > Select a Policy > View changes link

Working with Database Revisions

To see saved database versions:

In SmartConsole, go to Manage & Settings > Revisions.

To see the changes made during a specific revision:

  1. In the Manage & Settings > Revisions window, select revision.

    The bottom pane shows the audit logs of the changes made in the revision.

  2. Optional: Click View.

    A separate read-only SmartConsole session opens.

To delete all versions of the database that are older than the selected version:

  1. In the Manage & Settings > Revisions window, select a revision.
  2. Click Purge.
  3. In the confirmation window that opens, click Yes.

    Important - Deletion is irreversible. When you purge, that revision and older revisions are deleted permanently.

Managing a Crisis Using Database Revisions

Case

A connectivity or security problem after making changes to the policy and installing the policy

Solution

  1. Go to Security Policies > Installation History.
  2. In the Policy Installation History, choose the last known good version and click Install specific version.

    After a Gateway is safely installed, the Gateway has the last good revision, and the Security Management Server has the most recent revision.

  3. To see the changes made in the revision, browse the audit logs in the bottom pane of the revision.

 

 

Case

Network problem after downloading a Threat Prevention update and installing it on gateways.

Solution

  1. From Security Policies > Threat Prevention > Threat Tools > Updates, in the IPS section, choose an update that is known to be good.
  2. Click Switch to Version.
  3. Install the Threat Prevention Policy.

The Gateway gets that version of the IPS protections. Other network objects and policies do not change.

More Database Revision Scenarios:

Revision Options

The Revisions view shows this information about each revision:

The list shows the versions by number.

Important - Version control is not supported when the Security Management Server database contains VSX objects.

In a Multi-Domain environment, the list shows the revisions made to the domain SmartConsole is connected to.