if fortimanager with the work

[akime9]

We have about 10 sites, each with a fortigate. VPN connections back to main hub. Starting to add fortiswitches.

Trying to config and use fortimanage. But it seems things i can do in a second on a fortigate takes minutes in manage. Sure somethings may be easier like running a script on all units or updating firmware. But day to day tasks just seem like more work. Or does it just take practice

[AEK]

This is FMG, it is better to have it only if you have many FortiGates to manage.

[adambomb1219]

Yup this is correct.  FortiManager is a backup/push/verify type model when making config changes, they aren't instantaneous like making changes locally.  But it makes rollback and policy/object sync so much easier and more scalable when managing multiple FortiGates.