Using sm_config to export and import configuration

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance
• VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Copy SAM domain configuration to another/new SAM domain using command line tool

Environment

Smarts 10.x

TCSA 2.x

Resolution

Use the following command to create an XML file.  The xml file will be created in the <basedir>/smarts/local/conf/ics directory.

To export only escalation policy:

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM1> export -c AutoActionPolicy  <filename>

To export only client/server tools:

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM1> export -c Action  <filename>

To export only NotificationList:

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM1> export -c NotificationList  <filename>

To export only User:

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM1> export -c User  <filename>

To export only UserProfile:

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM1> export -c UserProfile  <filename>

If you want to export all the configuration from the SAM domain, then you'll run the following command:

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM1> export <filename>

 

To import these extracted configuration you'll use the following command, where SAM2 is the domain name of the new SAM domain you want to export the configuration to: 

<BASEDIR>/smarts/bin/sm_config -s <SAM2> import --force <filename>