Evaluation period and manager changes

An evaluation period is a migration assessment phase that

  • provides 14 days to test and assess migration changes using Security Cloud Control

  • allows you to undo changes and continue managing the device with On-Premises Firewall Management Center or commit migration changes manually, and

  • automatically commits changes after the evaluation period expires if no manual action is taken.

Evaluation period phases

The evaluation period consists of three distinct phases with specific capabilities and restrictions.

After successful migration, you have these options:

  • Evaluate configuration for 14 days.

  • Undo the changes and continue managing the device with On-Premises Firewall Management Center.

  • Commit migration changes to Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center.

During the evaluation window, these restrictions apply:

  • High availability break may not be supported (depending on onboarding method).

  • Advanced high availability or cluster operations can cause commit failure. Commit before changing HA or cluster configuration.

  • Deleting devices is not allowed.

  • Changes made in Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center are lost, if reverted.

  • Do not create or modify domains or subdomains on the On-Premises Firewall Management Center if the domain change includes a Firewall Threat Defense device that was migrated to Security Cloud Control. Commit the migration changes in Security Cloud Control, or revert device management to the on-premises On-Premises Firewall Management Center, before you make domain changes that include the migrated device.

If you create or modify a domain before the migration job is committed, deployment of the device and domain configuration can fail. You can continue to create or modify domains on the On-Premises Firewall Management Center for devices that remain managed by that On-Premises Firewall Management Center and are not part of an uncommitted migration job.

After the evaluation period expires, these conditions apply:

  • Changes are automatically committed.

  • Selected commit actions cannot be revoked.ß