HA Not Working due to Interface Number(s)

Cornelp

So,
I have 2 Firewalls (Primary and Backup). Each firewall has 10 interfaces (running under VMWare).
Firewall 1 has
WAN
LAN
Opt1
Opt2
Opt3
Opt4
Opt5
Opt6
Opt7
Opt9

Firewall 2 has
WAN
LAN
Opt1
Opt2
Opt3
Opt4
Opt5
Opt6
Opt7
Opt8

Somehow, Firewall 1 skipped Opt8 and went directly to Opt9. Due to the fact that Interfaces are NOT the same on both firewalls, they wont sync configs.

How can I get FW02 to be the same as FW01 when it comes to interface numbers?

Thanks,

Derelict

Either delete opt9 on the primary and recreate it. It will be opt8.

Or create a new interface on the secondary, which will be opt9 and delete opt8.

Cornelp

@derelict

If I delete Opt9, will that mess up the rest of the interfaces? As in, will PfSense pick up the interfaces now in a different order?
In VMWare you can only add 10 Network Interfaces, you are locked to 10. I already have 10 added. How can I go about that now?

Thanks,

jimp

It would probably be easier to take a backup of the primary, replace opt9 with opt8 in a copy of the backup, then restore the edited version.