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Import a Policy

When you import a policy, CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management exports the selang rules from a local CA ControlMinder database or PMDB, and creates and stores a policy that contains the rules on the DMS. This lets you convert the rules that protect an endpoint into a policy that can protect many endpoints, and helps you migrate a PMDB to advanced policy management.

Note: The endpoint or PMDB from which you export the rules must be on a host that has CA ControlMinder r12.0, or later, installed. To import a policy from earlier CA ControlMinder versions, upgrade the endpoint first.

To import a policy

1. In CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management, do as follows:
   1. Click Policy Management.
   2. Click Policy subtab.
   3. Expand the Policy tree in the task menu on the left.

      The Policy Import task appears in the list of available tasks.

2. Click Policy Import.

   The Host Login page appears.

3. Type the user name, password, and name of the PMDB or host that you want to export the rules from, and click Log In.

   Note: Specify the PMDB name in the format PMDBname@host, for example, master_pmdb@example

   The Policy Import Process wizard appears at the General task stage.

4. Complete the following fields, and click Next:

   Name

   Defines the name of the policy. The name must be unique on the DMS (enforced) and in your enterprise (not enforced but you will not be able to deploy a policy to a host if a policy of the same name already exists).

   Description

   (Optional) Defines a business description (free text) of the policy. Use this field to record what this policy is for and any other information that helps you identify the policy.

   Policy Classes

   Specifies the classes whose rules you want to export for inclusion in the policy. If you do not specify any classes in the Selected List column, all classes are exported and included in the policy.

   Export dependent classes

   Specifies to export all the classes that are dependent on the classes that you specify in the Selected List column. If you do not select this option, CA ControlMinder exports only the classes that you specify in the Selected List column.

   The Policy Script stage appears.

5. Review the exported rules and modify them as necessary, and click Next.

   The Summary stage appears.

6. Click Finish.

   The policy is created.