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

Export

You can use the Export Settings function to copy all configuration settings into an archive you specify. These site archives reside in the installUserDir\Export directory, which is created by CA Automation Point. The export can be completed without shutting down any CA Automation Point applications or services.

All files are compressed and stored in this archive. To create different configurations for use under various circumstances, specify different archive names. These archives become standby site settings that you can later import into your active site directory.

You can export configuration settings using Configuration Manager (by choosing Manage Site Files from the File menu), from a rules file (if Automation Point Desktop is running with administrator rights), or a from a Windows command prompt window.

You can also transfer exported configuration settings from one CA Automation Point server to another CA Automation Point server where you can import them using the same Export/Import utility.

1. On the server from which you want to transfer exported configuration settings, locate the exported site archives in the %AP_DATA%\Export directory.
2. Copy the exported site archives to any removable storage device (such as USB flash drive).
3. On the target CA Automation Point server, copy the site archives from the removable storage device to the %AP_DATA%\Export folder.
4. From Configuration Manager, run Manage Site Files.

   The imported configurations are displayed in the Standby Site Archives list of the utility dialog.

If you need to import any CA Automation Point r11.2 configuration settings that you previously exported by previous version of this utility to a CA Automation Point r11.4 server, follow these steps:

1. If you saved the previously exported sites to a removable storage device, connect the device to the CA Automation Point r11.4 server.
2. Locate the root folder of the exported site (for example, Site_Aug17) on the removable storage device.
3. Copy this root folder to the %AP_DATA%\Export directory of the target server.

   The resulting folder structure could be, for example, %AP_DATA%\Export\Site_Aug17\MyFiles

4. Run the Export and Import Utility by selecting Manage Site Files option from the File menu of Configuration Manager.

   The copied site directories are automatically compressed into archives and you should see them in the Standby Site Archives list.

5. Select the desired configuration settings in the Standby Site Archives list, and click Import to Site.

   The selected settings are imported to your Site.