Add Cisco ASA to a live ASA

[martinbuffleo]

                  I currently have a Cisco 5510 runing on my network. I have just ordered a second 5510 for failover.

I would like to to ensure that when I configure HA the live config gets sync'd and not the blank/brand new config. Otherwise I'll loose all my config.

Can someone advise the best steps to take? Of course I'll take a backup before I start.

Thanks in advance.

[andrew.prince]

Pre-configure the secondary unit the same as the live, but have the command failover unit secondary on the new device. All should be OK.

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[mvsheik123]

Hi Martin,

In addition to Andrew's suggestion - I guess you are planning to add the unit first time (not replacing any failed stdby unit). In this scenario, I suggest you schedule a maintenance window as you need to add the standby ip + failover configuration on primary (current ASA). Once that is done, adding standby unit is very easy.Check the below link for more information.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_configuration_example09186a00807dac5f.shtml

hth

MS