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Export and Import Utility

The Export and Import Utility supports moving configuration settings from an older, supported, CA Automation Point installation to a clean installation of the current CA Automation Point. This utility also supports moving configuration settings from one CA Automation Point server to another.

Migration of your current configuration settings is handled automatically during an upgrade installation.

You can move configuration settings from CA Automation Point on one machine to a clean install of CA Automation Point on another machine in one of the following ways:

To migrate configuration settings by upgrading.

  1. Upgrade the server to CA Automation Point Release 11.5.
  2. Export CA Automation Point configuration settings from the source machine.
  3. Copy the exported zip file to the destination machine.
  4. Run importSess on the destination machine and point to the exported zip file on the local destination machine.

To manually migrate configuration settings from an older, supported, release to a clean CA Automation Point Release 11.5 installation.

  1. On a CA Automation Point Release 11.3 or Release 11.4 server machine, choose the Manage Site Files option in the File menu of Configuration Manager to run the Export and Import utility.
  2. Export your site configuration settings to standby Sites. For more information, see the CA Automation Point Administrator Guide.
  3. Find the folder with exported Site configuration. This folder is in the %AXC_SITE_PATH%\Export.
  4. Copy the entire exported Site folder to a removable storage device, such as USB flash drive.
  5. On a CA Automation Point Release 11.5 server machine, copy the exported Site configuration folder from the removable storage device to the %AP_DATA%\Export folder on the server.
  6. On the CA Automation Point Release 11.5 server machine, choose the Manage Site Files option in the File menu of Configuration Manager to run the Export and Import utility. The exported Site configuration from the older CA Automation Point Release appears in the list of Standby Site Archives.
  7. In the list of Standby Site Archives, select the items that you want to import and click Import to Site.

Your configuration settings are imported to CA Automation Point.

For more information about the Export and Import utility, see the section Managing Site Files in the CA Automation Point Administrator Guide.