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November 11, 2004

Technical Tip: Active-Active HA and Logging

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Description This article describes the relationship between active-active HA virus scanning and log messages on the System Status page.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution
  1. Antivirus session Load Balancing:

In an active-active HA cluster, antivirus sessions are load-balanced among all cluster units.

 

  1. Logging Configuration:

  • If configured to log to disk, each cluster unit records log messages to disk only for the antivirus sessions it processes.
  • If configured to log to memory, each cluster unit records log messages to memory only for the antivirus sessions it processes.

 

  1. Viewing Log Messages:

To view log messages recorded by each cluster unit, navigate to Log & Report -> Log Access and select the serial number of the desired cluster unit.

 

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