adding gateway to cluster problem

[DavidMa]

Hi everybody,
i'm trying to add a checkpoint gateway to a cluster, and appears the following message: "The gateway cannot be added to the cluster since it's used in places where cluster members are not allowed".
I remove all the gateway's related policy and NAT rules, but the message it's still the same.
Please, can you help me?
thanks!

[abusharif]

what does "where used" say?
is gw configured for remote access, office mode? if so remove it.
is gw part of an community? if so, remove it
in install on target, remove it


etc etc....

if its gone according to gui and doesnt work check with dbedit

[DavidMa]

Hi Abusharif,
the "where used" command doesn't show anything, only some old backup policy...
How can I remove via dbedit? it's the only way?
thanks!

[northlandboy]

Clearly "where used" is showing something, if it's referring to an old backup policy. Either it doesn't show anything, or it tells you it's used in an old policy. Can't be both. Which is it?

Check Point doesn't know that it's a backup policy, unless you've used DB revision control, which is not the case here. To Check Point it's just another policy, with a different name.

Right-click the object. Select Where Used. Note all policies it is used in. Open those policies. Run Where Used again, find out where in that policy it is used. Remove those references. Rinse and repeat until a "Where Used" query tells you the object is not used. Then add it to your cluster.