Importing Entities using the GUI
From the Administration > Import/Export page, you can import configured entities that are exported from another appliance.
Before you beginBefore importing an alert that includes an alert receiver, you must create an alert receiver with the same name. Otherwise, the import fails.
- Procedure
- Click the Browse button next to the File Name field.
- Browse to and select the file. The file name appears in the File Name field.Warning: Files must be in valid XML format. Attempting to import other formats results in an error message.
- Click Load to fetch a list of entities available for import.
The entities available for import appear in the Available Entities list.
- From the Available Entities list, click an entity or hold the Ctrl key while clicking to highlight more than one entity.
- Use the arrow buttons to select one or more entities.
The selected entities move to the Selected Entities section on the right side.
- Click Display Info to display the information about the selected entities in XML format in the lower text area.
- Click the
Import button to import the selected entities to the appliance.
Caution: If the number of devices to be exported is more than 60,000, the import operation might fail.
ResultThe imported entities are available under the following menus:
| Entity | Menu |
|---|---|
| Alert templates | Alerts > Manage Alert Templates |
| Alerts | Alerts > Manage Alert Rules |
| Custom reports | Search > All Saved Searches |
| Devices | Management > Devices |
| Search filters | Search > All Search Filters |
| Suites | Management > Suites |
| Users | Management > Users |