Managing import and export tasks

This section provides information about transferring configurations, rules, and rule sets from one TrueSight Network Automation application server to another.

Rule export and import tasks

Rule export and import operations must be done on Network Automation systems with the same software version.

These rules are imported from a previous export file located on your desktop or from the BMC supplied sample rules available in the server installation directory (for example, BCAN_HOME\public\bmc\bca-networks\rules).

The following guidelines apply to importing rules and rule sets:

• The exported rule XMLs contain the excluded network spans and groups for rules. You do not need to reassign the excluded network spans and groups after importing the rules.
• If the import creates a new rule, then the rule's excluded spans are empty by default.
• If the import causes a new rule or modifies an existing rule, an event is generated in the event log.
• If the import causes a new rule set to be created, then that rule set is associated with the entire network, with no excluded spans.
• The rule set is disabled upon import. You must enable it to use it.
• If the import source does not specify a device type, then the rule is associated with all device types.
• If importing new rules and the import source specifies no models, then the new rule is associated with all models.
• When importing over existing rules, if the rule is currently associated with models and the import source specifies no models, then the current model associations are not changed. You cannot change a rule via import to make it associated with all models.
• If the import source for a rule contains an unknown type for the dynamic field, an error message is displayed and rule does not get imported.
• The XML schema being used for the rule set XML includes a full representation of each rule and its attributes within the rule set.

• The association of a rule set with entire network can render the rule set invisible to the user who imported it, if that user does not have full network rights. In this case, a system administrator or user with visibility of the entire network must restrict the rule set to a network span to which the user has access.
• Due to enhancements in the rule import and rule export tasks in version 8.8.00, the rule XMLs contain new schemas. As a result, you cannot import rule files that were generated prior to version 8.8.00.
• You can import rules that were exported from another Network Automation application server.