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burim
burim
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October 11, 2017
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Manage Fortianalyzer

  • October 11, 2017
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Hello,

We have a client with 2 FG and 2 FAZ appliances and they want a centralized management. I know I can manage FG appliances using Fortimanager but I don't know if I can manage FAZ appliances as well. 

 

Any idea please.

 

Thanks. 

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    DirkDuesentrieb
    DirkDuesentrieb
    New Member
    October 12, 2017

    Hi,

     

    in the Release notes of 5.6 you can find

     

    Managed FortiAnalyzer

    [ul]
  • Support managed FortiAnalyzer by adding a FortiAnalyzer unit to an ADOM in FortiManager.
  • Automatically synchronize the device configuration on FortiManager to the managed FortiAnalyzer.
  • View log analytics, monitor events, and generate reports from the single FortiManager console.
  • Modify a policy via a policy ID from Log View and view policy related logs from Policy Package.[/ul]

     

    http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3865/fortimanager-v5.6.0-release-notes.pdf

     

    However: I tested that and had issues with ADOMs and the synchronization. So it might work in the near future but currently it seems like a WiP.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Dirk

    • chall_FTNT
    Staff
    chall_FTNT
    Staff
    October 12, 2017

    Dirk,

    You mentioned that you "tested [Managed FortiAnalyzer] and had issues with ADOMs and the synchronization".  Can you elaborate? There are two documented limitations as noted in Adding FortiAnalyzer devices

    [ul]
  • You can add one FortiAnalyzer device to each ADOM
  • You cannot add the same FortiAnalyzer device to multiple ADOM[/ul]

    It should also be noted that FortiAnalyzer must also be running 5.6. Otherwise, the feature works fine.

    • DirkDuesentrieb
    DirkDuesentrieb
    New Member
    October 13, 2017

    Hi,

     

    yes it's a documented limitation, but I had to read very carefully to find a hint to this limitation after I tested everything. The NSE5 Trainer wasn't sure here as well and he guessed it will be transparently like the embedded FAZ in FortiManager. 

     

    Cheers,

     

    Dirk

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