IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard v1.0.8.5
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Sync Limitations and Notes
This page provides important notes and lists limitations of the sync process:
Services on the target domains will be unavailable for a period of a few minutes or more during synchronization.
It is the user's responsibility to reroute traffic to other devices (e.g. by providing pre/post customer supplied scripts).
It is the user's responsibility to verify the functionality of the target domain, as failure in synchronization may leave the domain in an inconsistent state.
- Sync is only supported for devices with firmware levels higher than 7.2.0.0
- This Sync feature does NOT replace DevOps tools, it is not aimed for promoting configuration from one environment to another
- This Sync feature will NOT synchronize services in the "default" domain
- This Sync feature will NOT synchronize API Connect domains
- It is the user's responsibility to create the target domains; The Sync feature will not create them automatically.
- This sync feature does NOT support IDG Docker containers
- This sync feature will only synchronize persisted configuration
- The target domain will be deleted and no objects will be imported if there are errors in the supplied deployment policy
- Sync is done on a domain level (entire domains only)
- This sync feature will NOT synchronize key material (certificates, Kerberos keytabs, etc.)
- Password map/alias synchronization is available only when both source and target devices have a firmware level of 7.5.2.4 or above and the Password map/alias synchronization is available only when both source and target devices have a firmware level of 7.5.2.4 or above and the passphrase in both source and target match