Error: "Invalid Syntax" when loading partial config in Panorama

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Created On 12/02/19 17:43 PM - Last Modified 07/03/20 02:19 AM

Device Groups

Advanced Configuration

Deployment

Device Management

Initial Configuration

8.1

9.0

Panorama

Symptom

Getting "Invalid Syntax" error when loading partial config with a device group name which includes spaces [US West].

# load config partial mode merge from-xpath devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/vsys/entry[@name='vsys1']
/address to-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='US West']/address from fw1-config.xml 

Invalid syntax.

Environment

Panorama.
PAN-OS 8.1 and above.

Cause

The error is due to a space in the device group name.

Resolution

Add double quotes when specifying the xpaths the 'from-xpath' and 'to-xpath' parameters of the load command.

> configure
# load config partial mode [append|merge|replace] from-xpath "<path-to-src>" to-xpath "<path-to-dst>" from <filename>

Example :

#load config partial mode merge from-xpath "devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/vsys/entry[@name='vsys1']/address" to-xpath 
"/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='US West']/address" from fw1-config.xml
Config loaded from fw1-config.xml

Note: Change the names of configuration to match your setup.

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