Commit failed due to Validation error: "target -> devices is invalid" in security rule

Commit failed due to Validation error: "target -> devices is invalid" in security rule

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Created On 06/07/23 05:50 AM - Last Modified 07/14/23 01:39 AM


Symptom


  • After a managed firewall is deleted from Panorama, a local commit on Panorama fails with validation error. For ex:
Validation Error:
shared -> pre-rulebase -> security -> rules -> Share-security-rule-1 -> target -> devices -> 016401004783 '016401004783' is not a valid reference
shared -> pre-rulebase -> security -> rules -> Share-security-rule-1 -> target -> devices is invalid
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Environment


  • Panorama


Cause


  • Device is still referenced in the security rule configuration. This is not visible on the GUI.


Resolution


Delete references from CLI.
Steps:
  1. Find the configuration in which device serial number is referred. For ex,  
admin@Panorama> set cli config-output-format set
admin@Panorama> configure
Entering configuration mode
[edit]
admin@Panorama# show | match 016401004783
set shared pre-rulebase security rules Share-security-rule-1 target devices 016401004783
[edit]
  1. Delete the references followed by commit:
admin@Lab81-44-Panorama# delete shared pre-rulebase security rules Share-security-rule-1 target devices 016401004783

[edit]
admin@Lab81-44-Panorama# commit

Commit job 2824 is in progress. Use Ctrl+C to return to command prompt
..18%25%39%47%99%...........100%
Configuration committed successfully

[edit]

 
 


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