How to restore PA firewall configuration from backup

  1. Login PA Firewall web utility
  2. Go to DEVICE>Setup>Operations.

3. Click Import named configuration snapshot.

4. Browse the configuration xml file. Then OK.

5. After imported, click on Load named configuration snapshot.

6. Browse the xml file you just imported and then click OK.

7. Reboot the Firewall.

Note: You must have a good back or exported name configuration file to restore. Please refer to this post:

How to export and import Palo Alto Firewall configuration

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