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Enabling System Logs for Existing Firewalls

If your device has a lower firmware version then you can enable System Logs by first upgrading your firmware. Next, you need to follow the steps given below.

This applicable for all GEN6, Gen7, and GEN8 firewalls.

To enable system logs

  1. Upgrade the Firmware if your device has a lower firmware version.
  2. Synchronize the Firewall Configuration.
  3. Check the firmware version under Manager View | Home > Inventory > Management Status tab to confirm if the updated version is appearing on the firewall. For more information, refer to Management Status.

  4. Reconfigure Reporting and Analytics.

    There may be momentary loss of data in the firewall while reconfiguring reporting and analytics.

  5. Check if the flow log transport mechanism has changed from VPN to Encrypted mode after the reporting and analytics is reconfigured. If it is changed successfully, the system will disable the SGMSServer-VPN tunnel that is established to transfer flow logs to NSM and you should not enable this tunnel manually.

Once you have successfully completed all the steps, you will be able to view the System Logs option in the Monitor View of the firewall.