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Step 1: Export the 4.51/4.61 Policy Store and Key Store

At the producer site, export the policy store to an .smdif file using the 4.51/4.61 version of smobjexport. The policy store includes all affiliate policy domain and key store information. Later, you import this .smdif file to the 6.x policy store.

You can export data in encrypted or clear text. If the 6.x Policy Server uses the same encryption key as the 4.51/4.61 Policy Server, do not export the data stores in clear-text. Using clear-text is necessary only if the 4.51/4.61 and 6.x Policy Servers use different encryption keys and it gives you a record of encrypted information, such as shared secrets.

Important! Be aware that if you export data in clear-text, you may expose sensitive information, such as passwords or shared secrets.

If your key store resides in the policy store, use the -k option with smobjexport because keys are not included in the export by default. To preserve your policy store, enter the following command:

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

Argument

Meaning

file_name

4.51/4.61 smdif file

admin_name

SiteMinder administrator’s user name

admin_pw

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 4.51/4.61 and 6.x Policy Servers use different encryption keys

-v

Enables verbose mode

-t

Enables low level tracing mode to troubleshoot the import process

If an argument contains spaces, use double quotes around the entire argument. For example, if the SiteMinder administrator is SM Admin, the argument would be -d"SM Admin". For example:

smobjexport -opstore.smdif -d"SM Admin" -wpassword -k -c -v -t

Note: For more information on using the 4.51/4.61 version of smobjexport, see the Policy Server Installation Guide for v4.5 or v4.6.