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Chapter 4 Configuring Virtual Contexts
Managing Virtual Contexts
The status bar at the bottom right of the ACE Appliance Device Manager displays two indicators for you
to monitor CLI and DM GUI synchronization status (Figure 4-1). One indicator displays ACE appliance
Device Manager GUI and CLI synchronization status along with a summary count of the contexts in the
various synchronization states, and the other indicator displays CLI synchronization and polling status
for the active context. The status bar auto-refreshes every 10 seconds.
Figure 4-1 CLI and DM GUI Synchronization Status Bar
For example, as illustrated in Figure 4-1, the message “DM out of sync with CLI (1/17)” indicates that
out of the 17 configured contexts, one context is in the “Out of sync” CLI synchronization status state.
Note If a user attempt to deploy a configuration from the ACE Appliance Device Manager (clicks the Deploy
Now button) while synchronization is in process for a particular context, an error message appears
indicating that synchronization is in process and the user should try to deploy the configuration at a later
point in time.
ACE Appliance Device Manager provides the following options for identifying and synchronizing
configuration discrepancies:
• Viewing Virtual Context Synchronization Status, page 4-80
• High Availability and Virtual Context Configuration Status, page 4-81
• Manually Synchronizing Individual Virtual Context Configurations, page 4-82
• Manually Synchronizing All Virtual Context Configurations, page 4-83
Viewing Virtual Context Synchronization Status
ACE Appliance Device Manager identifies virtual contexts with different configurations in the ACE
appliance and in the ACE Appliance Device Manager. Discrepancies between these configurations occur
when a user configures the ACE appliance directly using the CLI instead of ACE Appliance Device
Manager.
In Config screens, CLI and DM GUI configuration status appears in the following locations in the ACE
Appliance Device Manager:
• In the All Virtual Contexts table (Config > Virtual Contexts), in the CLI Sync Status column.
• The status bar at the bottom of the ACE Appliance Device Manager browser (see Figure 4-1).
The following reported CLI synchronization states appear in the All Virtual Context table:
• OK—The configurations for the selected virtual context are synchronized with the CLI.
• Out Of Sync—The configurations for the selected virtual context are not synchronized with the CLI.
• Sync In Progress—The CLI to DM GUI synchronization for this context is in process, either started
automatically by the ACE Appliance Device Manager or manually (using either the CLI Sync or
CLI Sync All buttons).
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