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Managing VSX Clusters
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VSLS Configuration File
The VSLS configuration file is a comma separated value (CSV) text file that contains configuration settings
for all Virtual Systems controlled by a management server. All lines preceded by the # symbol are
comments and are not imported into the management database.
# Check Point VSX - VS Load Sharing configuration file
#
# Administrator : aa
# SmartCenter/Main Domain Management Server : 192.168.50.160
# Generated on : Thu Jul 23 13:08:42 2009
#
#
#
# VSID, Weight, Active member, Standby member, Backup member #1
# Virtual System name: vs1
2,10,gw150,gw151,gw152
# Virtual System name: vs2
3,10,gw151,gw152,gw150
# Virtual System name: vs3
4,10,gw152,gw150,gw151
# Virtual System name: vs4
6,10,gw151,gw150,gw152
# Virtual System name: vs5
5,10,gw150,gw152,gw151
The configuration file contains one line for each Virtual System, consisting of the following data as shown
below:
Each line contain the VSID, the weight assigned the Virtual System, one primary member and one standby
member. Additional backup members are listed following the standby member.
Exporting a VSLS configuration
The most common way to use VSLS configuration files is to initially define your cluster environment and
virtual systems using SmartDashboard.
To export a VSLS configuration to a text file:
1. From the VSLS menu, select "6. Export configuration to a file".
2. Enter a file name, include its fully qualified path, for example:
/home/admin/MyConfiguration
Processing Options
You can insert the following commands in the VSLS Configuration file to display audit trail information while
validating and processing data. Each of the commands act as a toggle, whereby the first occurrence of a