6-2
User
Guide
for
the
Cisco
Application
Networking
Manager
5.2
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Configuring
Virtual
Contexts
Information
About
Virtual
Contexts
•
Configuring
Object
Groups,
page
6-89
•
Managing
ACLs,
page
6-99
•
Configuring
Virtual
Context
Expert
Options,
page
6-101
•
Comparing
Context
and
Building
Block
Configurations,
page
6-101
•
Managing
Virtual
Contexts,
page
6-103
Information
About
Virtual
Contexts
Virtual
contexts
use
the
concept
of
virtualization
to
partition
your
ACE
into
multiple
virtual
devices
or
contexts.
Each
context
contains
its
own
set
of
policies,
interfaces,
resources,
and
administrators.
This
feature
enables
you
to
more
closely
and
efficiently
manage
resources,
users,
and
the
services
you
provide
to
your
customers.
There
are
two
types
of
virtual
contexts;
the
admin
context
and
the
user
context.
The
ACE
comes
preconfigured
with
the
default
Admin
context,
which
you
can
modify
but
you
cannot
delete.
From
the
Admin
context,
you
can
create
user
contexts.
You
also
use
the
Admin
context
to
configure
High
Availability
(HA
or
fault
tolerance
between
ACE
devices),
configure
resource
classes,
and
manage
ACE
licenses.
Note
If
you
restore
the
ANM
database
from
a
backup
repository
and
if
a
virtual
context
that
is
in
the
repository
has
been
removed
from
the
device,
ANM
removes
that
context
from
the
database
and
the
context
does
not
appear
in
the
ANM
interface.
Related
Topics
•
Creating
Virtual
Cont
exts,
page
6-2
•
Configuring
Virtual
Contexts,
page
6-8
•
Deleting
Virtual
Contexts,
page
6-107
•
Comparing
Context
and
Building
Block
Configurations,
page
6-101
•
Restarting
Virtual
Context
Polling,
page
6-108
•
Managing
Virtual
Contexts,
page
6-103
Creating
Virtual
Contexts
You
can
cr
eate
vi
rtual
contexts.
Note
You
must
have
the
ability
to
create
virtual
contexts
in
your
role
and
an
Admin
context
in
your
domain
before
you
can
create
virtual
contexts.
For
more
information
about
configuring
roles
and
domains,
see
the
“Managing
User
Roles”
section
on
page
18-25
and
the
“Managing
Domains”
section
on
page
18-32
.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>
Devices
,
and
choose
the
ACE
to
which
you
want
to
add
a
virtual
context.
The
Virtual
Contexts
table
appears.
