NetSec-Architect Practice Question: Centralized Management And Security Automation AT Scale
An enterprise has deployed a large-scale Panorama architecture with multiple Dedicated Log Collectors. A subset of firewalls needs to be reassigned to a different Collector Group for load balancing. After moving the firewalls to the new Collector Group in Panorama, which step must be performed on the managed firewalls for the change to take effect immediately without a full system reboot?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Commit the configuration to Panorama and push changes to the managed firewalls.
When Log Collector assignments change, the firewalls must receive the new configuration and re-establish their log forwarding session connections, accomplished by performing a commit and ensuring the firewall pulls the new Panorama pushed settings.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Commit the configuration to Panorama and push changes to the managed firewalls.
Why this is correct
Pushing the updated Collector Group assignment configuration via a commit to the firewalls is required so they learn the IP addresses of the new collectors.
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Manually re-enter the auth-key on each firewall to re-register them with Panorama.
Why it's wrong here
Re-registering the firewall is not required; simply pushing the configuration update is sufficient.
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Restart the log-receiver process via the CLI on each managed firewall.
Why it's wrong here
Restarting the log-receiver alone does not update the collector group assignment, which is stored in the pushed running configuration.
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Run the command 'request system restart' on the Panorama appliance.
Why it's wrong here
Rebooting Panorama is disruptive and unnecessary for updating firewall log collector mappings.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Palo Alto Networks exam blueprint
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