Data migration of an existing MS Windows CMS to a new Insight Software 6.0 system

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a.
Navigate to
Start menu

Run
.
b.
Type
cmd
,
and
then
click
OK
. The c
ommand prompt window appear
s
.
In the command prompt window, execute
the export command:
mxexport
You
will be
prompted to enter the password
.
T
he password will not be displayed in clear text in
this case, enter the password
when prompted
.
IMPORTANT:
Be sur
e to r
etain the password
, because
it
must be
provided during
the
import
operation.
Note:
A
customized location
can
be provided
to store
the
exported data
.
S
ee
the
export parameter table.
Note:
Do not reboot the source CMS until the migration can be complet
ed
,
be
c
ause
this will restart the Insight S
oftware services
. HP Suggest setting the
auto start mode for the services listed above to manual
.
Upon a successful export
operation
the default export file
,
Products.zip
,
is
created in
<HPSIM
install Path>
\
data
\
c
onfigdata
-
export
.
For an example of a successful exportation
operation, s
ee Figure 1
.
Since
changes made to the
managed
environment
after the export is done are
not part of the
exported file, the source CMS Insight
S
oftware services should not be restarte
d
to
help ensure that no
changes are made from the source CMS. If changes are made after an export
operation
,
HP
recommends
rerun
ning
the export
utility
. Failure to do so
might
result with the target CMS being out of
sync with the
managed
environment.
If n
eeded,
t
he export operation can be executed multiple times
on
the
s
o
u
rce CMS. The export
file
is overwritten each time.