Exporting Entities using the GUI

From the Administration > Import/Export page, you can export configured entities into an XML file format.

Procedure
1. Go to the Administration > Import/Export > Export tab.
2. From the Entities list, select the required entity:
   • Alerts
   • Users
   • Search Filters
   • Custom Reports
   • Devices
   • Suites
   • Alert Templates
   The entities available for export appear in the text area in the Available Entities section.
3. Select the appropriate Export Mode option. This controls how exported entities are handled after they are imported on another appliance.

   Mode	Description
   Insert	If the entity exists in the target appliance, the entity is rejected on import.
   InsertOrUpdate	If the entity exists in the target appliance, the entity is updated on import; otherwise a new entity is inserted. Note: The InsertOrUpdate option does not work on devices with a Collector Domain ID. For these devices, only the description is updated.
   Delete	If the entity exists in the target appliance, the entity is deleted on import.

4. From the Available Entities section, select an entity to export. Click an entity or hold the Ctrl key while clicking to highlight more than one entity.
5. Use the arrow buttons to select one or more entities.
   The selected entities move to the Selected Entities section on the right side.
6. Click the Export button to export the selected entities.
7. In the File Save As dialog box, specify the location to downloaded the file in XML format.
   Note: If the number of devices to be exported is more than 60,000, the export operation fails and the XML file is not downloaded.