Importing and Exporting BMC Configuration Settings

The import and export wizards enable users to save and retrieve various resource settings and configurations to and from the file system. Alternatively, Workbench for Eclipse's central administration functionality allows users to easily synchronize host connection settings with Common Enterprise Services (CES). Workbench for Eclipse monitors these settings, which are stored in CES, and notifies the user when changes have occurred so the user can synchronize to the CES settings.

To export resource configurations and settings

1. From the Host Explorer's File menu, select Export. The Export dialog box appears.
2. Select BMC > Workbench Legacy Export > BMC Configuration Settings and click Next. The Export BMC Configuration Settings dialog box appears.
3. Do one of the following:
4. To export all settings, click Export all.

5. To select specific settings to export, click Choose specific configuration settings to export. Then select from the Configuration Settings box the specific settings to export.

   Important

   Selecting a setting in the tree displays a description of the item in the Description box.

6. In the To directory field or by clicking Browse, specify the directory to which to export the configuration settings.
7. Select or clear the Overwrite existing files without warning check box, depending on whether an existing file with the same name should be overwritten by the new file.
8. Click Finish. The configurations settings are exported to the specified directory for later retrieval.

To import resource configurations and settings

1. From the Host Explorer's File menu, select Import. The Import dialog box appears.
2. Select BMC > Workbench Legacy Export > BMC Configuration Settings and click Next. The Import BMC Configuration Settings dialog box appears.
3. In the From directory field or by clicking Browse, specify the directory containing the exported configuration folder and/or files you want to import.
4. Do one of the following:
   • To import all setting, click Import all.
   • To select specific settings to import, click Choose specific configuration settings to import. Then select from the Configuration Settings box the specific settings to import.
5. Click Finish. The configurations settings are imported into Workbench for Eclipse.