Synchronize

Editing a snippet, template, or variable doesn’t change anything on a firewall by itself — the change sits in the control plane until you sync it. The Synchronize page is the central place to push the computed configuration to any or every device in an organization. Read about the delivery pipeline in Sync & Delivery.

What the table shows

Every device in the active organization, with:

Column	Meaning
Device	Name of the device.
Organization	Always the active organization (shown for clarity in switching workflows).
OUs	The OUs the device belongs to.
Auto Sync	Per-device toggle. When on, NetDefense automatically syncs whenever a templates/snippets/variables change touches the device. When off, syncs only run when triggered manually.
Status	Synced, Not Synced (drift exists), or the last sync’s outcome.
Last Synced	Timestamp of the last successful sync, or Never.
Drift	Whether the device’s running configuration matches what NetDefense last delivered. Values: IN_SYNC, DRIFT, NEVER_SYNCED, UNKNOWN, ERROR. See Drift Detection.

Filter the table by device name, OU, template, or drift status using the filter bar at the top.

Triggering a sync

Three ways to push:

• Sync (top-right, with split-button arrow) — runs a sync on every device shown in the table (after filters). The split arrow exposes Sync filtered vs Sync all.
• Per-row Sync — the … menu on each device row syncs just that device. (Same outcome as clicking Sync on the device’s detail page.)
• Per-OU Sync — open the OU and click Sync OU in the header. Useful for promoting a change to a whole department in one batch.

Auto-refresh ON (bottom-left of the table) keeps the status column live while you’re watching a sync wave roll out — handy when you’ve just pushed and want to see each device flip from Pending to Synced without reloading.

A sync produces a task. Click into a task to see the device’s full execution log if a sync fails.