Configuring CA Automation Point › Managing Your Site Configuration › Export and Import Operations › Import

Import

You can use the Import Settings function to switch from using the active site settings to the previously archived site settings you specify, and to restart all CA Automation Point services to reflect new configuration. You can import configuration settings using the Export and Import utility, which you can launch from Configuration Manager or from a Windows Command Prompt window.

The import process works as follows:

1. Before starting the import operation, all CA Automation Point services are stopped
2. The import operation automatically backs up current site files to an archive named "Site_autobackup" and stores the archive in the installUserDir\Export directory. You can use this backup to switch back to the previous state before performing an import operation.
3. The site directory is cleared and the selected archived site files are extracted to that directory.
4. All CA Automation Point services are restarted as specified by the imported configuration settings.
5. A successful import operation generates a report named importReport.html and stores it in the Logs directory. This report shows the following:
   • Settings that were automatically changed (an import from previous release of CA Automation Point)
   • Settings that you might need to change if the previous configuration came from a different CA Automation Point installation on different machine.