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Merge duplicate objects

Merge duplicate objects

This feature helps you to find out duplicate addresses, services, groups which have the same content, and merge them into a single object.

To merge duplicate objects:

  1. Click Find Duplicate in the tuning page. This feature is available for addresses, address groups, services and service groups.
  2. Duplicate objects would be shown in the pop-out window.
  3. To merge a group of duplicate objects, click Merge in the table.
  4. The detail of the duplicate objects would be shown in another pop-out window. All the objects (policies, groups, NAT rules) that references the duplicate objects in all VDOMs would be listed.
  5. There is a droplist in the bottom of the window. Users can either select one of the name of the duplicate objects, or type a new name in the box.
  6. Click Merge, and all the duplicate objects would be unified into the specified name.
  7. After the merging is complete, the detail window would be closed and back to the duplicate table window. The record of this merging would be created and all the merging records would be shown in the merging history at the bottom.

Merge duplicate objects

Merge duplicate objects

This feature helps you to find out duplicate addresses, services, groups which have the same content, and merge them into a single object.

To merge duplicate objects:

  1. Click Find Duplicate in the tuning page. This feature is available for addresses, address groups, services and service groups.
  2. Duplicate objects would be shown in the pop-out window.
  3. To merge a group of duplicate objects, click Merge in the table.
  4. The detail of the duplicate objects would be shown in another pop-out window. All the objects (policies, groups, NAT rules) that references the duplicate objects in all VDOMs would be listed.
  5. There is a droplist in the bottom of the window. Users can either select one of the name of the duplicate objects, or type a new name in the box.
  6. Click Merge, and all the duplicate objects would be unified into the specified name.
  7. After the merging is complete, the detail window would be closed and back to the duplicate table window. The record of this merging would be created and all the merging records would be shown in the merging history at the bottom.