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System Importer imports data that has been exported by the System Exporter. System Importer enables you to import data to your system from a ZIP file or a remote source like Git or AWS S3. The import contains data about your system, its configurations, and run-time information.
System Importer imports data that has been exported by the System Exporter.

The file exported by the System Exporter can contain data from the following categories:

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Select the appropriate options according to your preferences by clicking the Options button.

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Click the Select File... button to select the directory where the data to be imported is located. Alternatively, you can also drag and drop the file in the Drop file here area.

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In the Available Entries field, expand the folders and select the check boxes for the entries you want to import. You can also use the Search field to find the appropriate entry to import.

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Click on the Import button to start the import process. After the import is completed, the Available entries field is cleared of all directories, and the selected file is also removed.

  • You can perform an initial test import to check for any errors. To do this, click the Dry run button. This does not import the entry into Configurations. When the Dry Run is complete, the Available entries field is not cleared off and the selected file is not removed. You can proceed to click the Import button to import data.

  • Upon clicking the Import button, it immediately changes into the Abort button, which enables you to cancel the Import process. After clicking abort, the file is removed and you will need to reimport the file to continue the import.

Note

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If the imported directory structure of the imported file is not identical to that of the exported material, the import will fail.

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Update the dynamic configuration data in the collectors with the file sequence numbers, that you had noted down before performing the Export. For further information, see the section, To Export Data, in System Exporter(4.0).

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Enable all the workflows that are configured with Scheduling.

  • Before importing Inter Workflow and Aggregation profiles, empty the Workflow data stream. Otherwise, these agent profiles will be overwritten by the profiles that are included in the imported bundle and might not recognize or reprocess data.

  • Imported Workflow groups are disabled by default. You need to activate all the members, their respective sub-members, and the workflow group itself.

  • When you import a User it is disabled by default. A User with Administrator permissions must enable the user and revise which Access groups the user should be assigned to.

  • Imported Alarms are disabled by default. You enable an Alarm from the Alarm Detection.

  • Imported Event Notifications are disabled by default. You enable an Event notification from the Event Notification Configuration.

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Select the appropriate options according to your preferences by clicking the Options button.

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Click the Browse… button to choose a File System Profile with type Git or AWS S3.

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Click the Select Source to open a dialog to choose the folder to import tofrom.

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Continue from step 4 in Importing from Local Source

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