General Information on the Clone Facility

The Clone Facility is a fast and easy way to create initial configuration files for a new firewall from an existing firewall's configuration files. After cloning configuration files, the administrator can then customize particulars of the newly created firewall.

Note that the clone facility acts to copy configuration files from one location on the Enterprise Firewall Manager to create new files that are also on the Enterprise Firewall Manager. The files themselves will not be transferred to the newly created firewall until the administrator distributes these files via the Distribution Facility.


Source (Clone Facility)

This field identifies the existing Managed Firewall from which configuration files will be copied. Click "Select" to choose a Managed Firewall from the list of defined Managed Firewalls.

Recipient (Clone Facility)

This field identifies the newly, created firewall recipient. Note that a Managed Firewall identified here must have already been created in the listing of Managed Firewalls. Click "Select" to either a) choose a Managed Firewall from the list of defined Managed Firewalls, or b) create a Managed Firewall and then choose the newly created Managed Firewall.

Note that the Recipient firewall must have "Host Only" selected for its Security Agreement. When the recipient firewall is cloned, the source's assigned Security Agreement will be assigned to the recipient.


Configurations to be Cloned

The check boxes in this section refer to the possible configurations or categories of configurations on the source firewall that can be copied to the recipient. Check those configurations that you wish to copy to the new firewall. Note that configurations that are not included in the Security Agreement of the source firewall will be disabled (greyed out) in this section. Configurations listed here include:

OK

Press the "OK" button to save changes and close the window.

Cancel

Press the "Cancel" button to close the window without saving any changes.