Importing and Exporting Metadata

The Install Config Manager provides utilities for exporting and importing some of the information stored in the master installation's metadata repository. The export and import utilities are provided to enable information to be preserved when migrating to new versions of OpenSpirit and to enable information to be replicated in multiple OpenSpirit masters.

The categories of information that can be exported and imported is listed below. For more information, see the Metadata Repository Configurations section of this guide for descriptions of the categories of information list:

  • User definitions and rights.

  • User data source credentials

  • Data source configuration settings

  • Copy Manager rules

  • Copy and scan job definitions

  • Copy and scan job run histories

  • Model view definitions

  • Session definitions

Exporting Metadata

The export button is enabled when a master configuration has been opened. This button is used to export some of the information that is stored in the master installation's metadata repository. The export feature provides a way for information to be copied to another master installation's metadata repository. It can also be used to save information before upgrading a master installation to a newer version of OpenSpirit. The exported information is loaded into a master's metadata repository using the import button.

Click this button to export information from the master's metadata repository. A directory selection window opens prompting you to select a directory that the information written to. An option is provided to include or skip copy and scan job run histories. Run histories can be large and often do not need to be copied to other master repositories. Deselect this option if you want to include run histories in the export.

Pressing the Export button creates a subdirectory named metadataExport, which contains the exported metadata.

Importing Metadata

The import button is enabled when a master configuration has been opened and the Shared Services are not running. This button is used to import information from another master installation into the currently opened master installation's metadata repository. See the Export Button section above for a description of the information that can be imported.

More options are available for importing into a Linux master than are available when importing into a Windows master.

Linux Import

Clicking the import button when running on Linux opens a window that offers two choices for where to obtain the information to import. Each of the choices is described below.

Prior v4.x exported directory

These options import from a metadataExport folder that was previously created by performing an export on a version 4.0 or higher master installation.

A metadataExport folder can be created from a version 4.x master by using the Install Config Manager's Export button.

Press the Next button on the Install Config Manager import window to open a directory selection window. Select the metadataExport directory created using the Export button to import the configuration information exported from the version 4.x master.

v4.x master installation

This option imports directly from an existing Linux OpenSpirit master that is version 4.0 or higher.

Press the Next button to open the directory selection window that instructs you to select the v4 OpenSpirit master's config directory. It does not matter if the v4 master's services are running or not. Select the v4 master config directory and press the Ok button. The import begins and a confirmation message window appears when the import is complete.

Windows Import

Clicking the import button when running on Windows opens a folder selection window prompting you to select a metadataExport folder that was previously created by performing an export on a version 4.0 or higher master installation.

A metadataExport folder can be created from a version 4.x Windows master by using the Install Config Manager's Export button.

A metadataExport folder created from a Linux v4.x master can also be imported into a Windows master. See the Prior_v4.x_exported_directory section above for instructions on how to create a metadataExport folder from a version 4.x Linux or Windows master. The Linux or Windows metadataExport folder need to be moved or copied to a local Windows drive to import it into a Windows master.