Running Commands on Standby Cisco ASA

In order to execute Cisco ASA commands on Standby unit, use failover exec as prefix.

failover exec is used to execute commands on a specific unit in a failover pair, the syntax is

failover exec {active | standby | mate} cmd

active – means the command is executed on active ASA unit

standby – means the command is executed on standby ASA unit

mate – means the command is executed on failover peer

asa/pri/act# failover exec standby sh run webvpn
webvpn
enable outside
anyconnect image disk0:/anyconnect-win-4.2.05015-k9.pkg 1
anyconnect enable
tunnel-group-list enable
error-recovery disable

Remember that any configuration command that you execute on the standby unit are not replicated to active unit or active configuration.

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