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# sk114652 - VPN in High Availability (HA) mode to two peers, on locally managed SMB appliance, is not working

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk114652 |
| Date Created | 2016-11-23 |
| Last Modified | 2017-12-18 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Spark Firewall (Locally Managed) |
| Versions | R82.00.X, R81.10.X |

## Symptoms

- VPN HA (High Availability) towards two different device with the same PSK, Encryption Methods and local Encryption domain.  

![](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/sc/SolutionsStatics/NEW_SK_NOID1479892310543/11611230123.jpg)

## Cause

VPN HA towards two different device with the same PSK, Encryption Methods and local Encryption domain, from a Locally managed SMB appliances, is not supported.

Locally managed SMB appliances support VPN HA only to one GW with ISP redundancy.

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