Issue with ip-user-mapping in mixed environments of GlobalProtect and user-ID agents.
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Created On 06/03/21 18:16 PM - Last Modified 04/30/24 16:14 PM
Symptom
- The ip-user-mappings for VPN users are intermittently missing on the firewall while GlobalProtect users are still logged in and active, this results in user traffic not matching the intended User-ID and HIP based security policies.
- The user-id logs indicate two different sources for the same ip-user-mapping with different timeout values.
Example 2:
Environment
- Any PAN-OS
- User-ID agent
- GlobalProtect
Cause
The firewall is learning ip-user-mapping for the users from multiple sources, GlobalProtect and user-id agents. The firewall will cache the latest user mapping and timeout value therefore any prior user-mapping entry will be overwritten.
Resolution
To avoid such behavior, it is recommended that the 'IP Pools' used by GlobalProtect be excluded by the user-id agents connected to the Gateway Firewall.
Refer to the links below on how to configure the include/exclude list on the user-id agent: