FortiManager Best Practices

Best Practices
FortiManager 7.2.0

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FortiManager 7.2.0 Best Practices
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Change Log
5
Overview
6
Additional information
6
Installation
7
Business Continuity
8
Geographic redundancy 1:1 NAT considerations
8
General Maintenance
10
Back up the configuration
10
Secure password storage
10
Schedule maintenance tasks for off-peak hours
11
Maintain database integrity
11
Replace managed device
11
Replace the FortiManager device
11
Upgrading firmware on managed devices
12
Configuration Management
13
Concurrent administrators
13
Normal versus Backup Mode
13
Import policy
14
What to do when an object conflict occurs
14
What to do with unused objects
14
Import report
14
Installing policy packages
14
Consolidated policy package installation
15
Adding Devices
15
ADOM Design
16
ADOM considerations
16
When to enable ADOMs
16
Upgrading the firmware of managed devices
16
ADOM revisions
17