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Import Blueprint Groups

An import utility is provided to import Blueprint Groups into your CA Configuration Automation Server from another instance of CA Configuration Automation. A similar export utility is included to export Blueprint Groups as .jar files that you can import.

To import Blueprint Groups

1. Click the Management link, then click the Blueprints tab.

   The Blueprints tab page appears.

2. Click the Blueprint Groups link (below the main tabs)

   The Blueprint Groups page appears and lists all existing groups in the Blueprint Groups table.

3. Select Import Blueprint Groups from the Table Actions drop-down list.

   The Import Blueprints dialog appears.

4. Click Browse and navigate to the .jar file you want to import.

   When the file was exported from a CA Configuration Automation Server, the file was assigned a default name using the following timestamp convention:

   BlueprintGroup_Export_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS.jar

   Where YYYY is the year, the first MM is the month, DD is the day, HH is the hour (using a 24-hour clock), the second MM is the minutes, and SS is the seconds. For example:

   Blueprint_GroupExport_2010_01_06_13_59_57.jar

5. Click the Overwrite Existing Blueprint Groups option if you want to update the existing groups on your CA Configuration Automation Server, then click one of the following buttons:

   Import All

   Imports all Blueprint Groups in the .jar file.

   Import On Selection

   Displays the Available Imports table which lists the Blueprint Groups in the .jar file, and enables you to specify which of them you want to import.

   The import begins and may take a few moments depending on the size of the file. When the import is complete, a status message appears, the Blueprint Group appears in the Blueprint Groups table, and the Modification Date/Time column is updated.

   Note: The Blueprint Groups table does not include a column that identifies the user who imported the Blueprint Group. You can click the Log link (below the main tabs) to display the log and identify the user who imported the file.