vsx vspurge

Description

Removes Virtual Devices that are no longer defined in the management database, but were not removed from the VSX GatewayClosed Physical server that hosts VSX virtual networks, including all Virtual Devices that provide the functionality of physical network devices. It holds at least one Virtual System, which is called VS0., because the VSXClosed Virtual System Extension. Check Point virtual networking solution, hosted on a computer or cluster with virtual abstractions of Check Point Security Gateways and other network devices. These Virtual Devices provide the same functionality as their physical counterparts. Gateway was downClosed State of a Cluster Member during a failure when one of the Critical Devices reports its state as "problem": In ClusterXL, applies to the state of the Security Gateway component; in 3rd-party / OPSEC cluster, applies to the state of the State Synchronization mechanism. A Cluster Member in this state does not process any traffic passing through cluster. or disconnected when the management server pushed the updated VSX configuration.

This command cleans all unused Virtual Devices entries (from the NCS local.vskeep) and fetches the VSX configuration file (NCS local.vskeep) again.

Syntax

vsx vspurge [-q | -v] [-f <purge_file>]

Important - On Scalable Platforms (Maestro and Chassis), you must run the applicable commands in the Expert mode on the applicable Security Group.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

-q

Specifies to run in quiet mode - shows only summary information.

-v

Specifies to run in verbose mode - shows detailed information.

-f <purge_file>

Specifies the path and the name of the file, in which the command saves the purged information.

Return Values

  • 0 (zero) indicates that the command executed successfully.

  • Any other value indicates an error.