Validating Active Sessions Against The Current Zones Firewall Rules; Revert To A Previous Zones Firewall Configuration - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0.0 UPDATE 1 Admin Manual

7 Double-click each cell in the new row to type or select the appropriate information.
You can type IP addresses in the Source and Destination fields
8 (Optional) Select the Log check box to log all sessions matching this rule.
9 Click Commit.

Validating Active Sessions against the Current Zones Firewall Rules

By default, a vShield Zones instance matches firewall rules against each new session. After a session has been
established, any firewall rule changes do not affect active sessions.
The CLI command validate sessions enables you to validate active sessions against the current Zones
Firewall rule set to purge any sessions that are in violation of the current rule set. After a firewall rule set
update, you should validate active sessions to purge any existing sessions that are in violation of the updated
policy.
After the Zones Firewall update is complete, issue the validate sessions command from the CLI of a
vShield Zones instance to purge sessions that are in violation of current policy.
To validate active sessions against the current firewall rules
1 Update and commit the Zones Firewall rule set at the appropriate container level.
2 Open a console session on a vShield Zones instance issue the validate sessions command.
vShieldZones> enable
Password:
vShieldZones# validate sessions

Revert to a Previous Zones Firewall Configuration

The vShield Manager saves a snapshot of App Firewall settings each time you commit a new rule. Clicking
Commit causes the vShield Manager to save the previous configuration with a timestamp before adding the
new rule. These snapshots are available from the Revert to Snapshot drop-down menu.
To revert to a previous App Firewall configuration
1 In the vSphere Client, go to Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter or cluster resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the vShield Zones tab.
4 Click Zones Firewall.
5 From the Revert to Snapshot drop-down list, select a snapshot.
Snapshots are presented in the order of timestamps, with the most recent snapshot listed at the top.
6 View snapshot configuration details.
7 Do one of the following:
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To return to the current configuration, select the - option from the Revert to Snapshot drop-down list.
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Click Commit to overwrite the current configuration with the snapshot configuration.
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