Installation and Upgrade Guides › SiteMinder Upgrade Guide › Upgrade Procedures from 5.x › Step 1: Upgrade the 5.x Policy Server to 6.x › Before You Upgrade the Policy Server › Back Up the 5.x Policy Store and Key Store

Back Up the 5.x Policy Store and Key Store

Preserve the policy store and key store by exporting it in clear-text to an .smdif file using the 5.x version of smobjexport. By exporting the store in clear-text you have a record of encrypted information, such as shared secrets.

Note: If the r6.0 SP6 Policy Server uses the same encryption key as the 5.x Policy Server, do not export the data stores in clear-text. Using clear-text is necessary only if the 5.x and r6.0 SP6 Policy Servers use different encryption keys.

Also, having this information in a stand-alone file may be useful for future troubleshooting. Further, if your key store resides in the policy store, ensure you use the -k option with smobjexport since, by default, keys are not included in the export.

To preserve your policy store, enter the following command:

smobjexport -ofile_name -dadmin_name -wadmin_pw -k -c -v -t

filename

Defines the 5.x smdif file name.

admin_name

Defines the SiteMinder administrator’s user name.

admin_pw

Defines the SiteMinder administrator’s password.

-k

Exports Agent keys stored in the policy store. By default, keys are not included in the export.

-c

(Optional) Exports sensitive data as clear-text. Using clear-text is necessary only if the 5.x and r6.0 SP6 Policy Servers use different encryption keys.

-v

Enables verbose mode.

-t

Enables low level tracing mode to troubleshoot the import process.

If an argument contain spaces, use double quotes around the entire argument. For example, if the name of the SiteMinder administrator is SM Admin, the argument is -d"SM Admin".

Example: smobjexport -o5xpstore.smdif -d"SM Admin" -wpassword -k -c -v -t

Note: For more information on using the 5.x version of smobjexport, see the Netegrity Policy Server Installation Guide for 5.x.