To change the object settings on a managed device, there are four tasks to perform.

This figure illustrates the workflow you perform to manage the objects on BIG-IP^® devices. Evaluating the changes you have made is the third step in this process.

Overview of evaluating changes made to managed objects

Deploying changes applies the revisions that you have made on the BIG-IQ^® Centralized Management system to the managed BIG-IP^® devices.

This figure illustrates the workflow you perform to manage the objects on BIG-IP devices. Deploying the settings is the last step in this process.

Change managed object workflow

When you created a cluster in BIG-IQ^® inventory, you chose a deployment option for the devices in that cluster.

If you chose to initiate BIG-IP^® DSC^® sync, and the Sync-Failover group on the BIG-IP system is configured for manual sync, after deployment to either device in the HA pair, Access kicks off manual sync to the other device. If manual sync succeeds, the deployment is successful. Otherwise, the deployment status shows an error.

If you chose to initiate BIG-IP DSC sync and the Sync-Failover group on the BIG-IP system is configured for automatic sync, after deploying to either device in the HA pair, automatic sync propagates the configuration to the other device. If automatic sync succeeds, the deployment is successful. Otherwise, the deployment status shows an error.

If you chose to ignore BIG-IP DSC sync, you must deploy the configuration from BIG-IQ to both devices in the cluster.

1. Log in to the BIG-IQ system with your user name and password.
2. Click Deployment.
3. Under EVALUATE & DEPLOY, select Access.
   The screen opens a list of Access evaluations and deployments that have been created on this device.
4. Under Evaluations, click Create.
   The New Evaluation screen opens.
5. In the Name field, type in a name for the evaluation task you are creating.
6. In the Description field, type in a brief description for the evaluation task you are creating.
7. For the Source, select what you want to evaluate.
   • To compare the object settings currently on the managed device with the object settings in the pending version, select Current Changes.
   • To compare the object settings currently on the managed device with the object settings in a stored snapshot, select Existing Snapshot, then choose the snapshot you want to use.
8. For Supporting Objects, select Include associated LTM Objects to deploy an Access configuration with associated LTM objects.
9. In the Target settings, from the Group list, select the Access group that you want to evaluate.
   Devices in the group display in the Available field.
10. Move the devices that you want to evaluate to the Selected field.
    Note: If you are evaluating a device that is a member of a cluster set to initiate BIG-IP DSC sync at deployment, you can select either member of the HA pair.
    Note: If you are evaluating a device that is a member of a cluster set to ignore BIG-IP DSC sync, you should select both devices in the cluster.
11. If you want to apply access policies on each BIG-IP device after deployment, select Automatically apply policies after deployment.
12. Review the evaluation to determine whether you are going to deploy it or not.
    1. If there are critical errors, you cannot deploy these changes. Click each error to see what it is, and then go back to where you made the change to fix it.
       After resolving any critical errors, you can come back and repeat the evaluation.
    2. If there are verification warnings, you can still deploy your changes, but you will probably want to resolve the warnings first. Click each warning to see what it is, and then go back to where you made the change to fix it.
       After resolving any verification warnings, you can come back and repeat the evaluation.
    3. If there are no critical errors or verification warnings, review the changes by clicking the view link.
       Each change is listed. You can review each one by clicking the name.
    4. When you finish reviewing the differences, click Cancel.
13. If the evaluation shows that you must evaluate and deploy Local Traffic configurations, do that before you deploy this evaluation.

1. Log in to the BIG-IQ^® system with your user name and password.
   Important: You must log in as an Administrator, Access Manager, or Access Deployer user to perform this task.
2. Click Deployment.
3. Under EVALUATE & DEPLOY, select Access.
   The screen displays a list of Access evaluations and deployments defined on this device.
4. Click the name of the evaluation that you want to deploy.
   The View Evaluation screen opens.
5. Specify whether you want to deploy the changes immediately or schedule deployment for later.
   • To deploy this change immediately:
     1. Select Deploy Now.
     2. Click Deploy to confirm.
   • To deploy this change later:
     1. Select the Schedule for later check box.
     2. Select the date and time.
     3. Click Schedule Deployment.
   The process of deploying changes can take some time, especially if there are a large number of changes. During this time, you can click Cancel to stop the deployment process.
   Important: If you cancel a deployment, some of the changes might have already deployed. Cancel does not roll back these changes.