Exporting and Importing Accounts

As a
VMware Aria Operations
admin, you can backup the adapter configurations before upgrading, export all the adapter configurations, and import them into a different
VMware Aria Operations
instance. You can export the adapter configurations from
VMware Aria Operations
on-prem to
VMware Aria Operations
,
VMware Aria Operations
to
VMware Aria Operations
on-prem,
VMware Aria Operations
on-prem to on-prem instance, and
VMware Aria Operations
to cloud instance.
Users with "Export" permission can export and users with "Import" permission can import the adapter configurations.
  1. Export the adapter configuration.
    1. From the left menu, click
      Data Sources
      Integrations
      .
    2. In the Accounts tab, select the adapter configuration(s) that you want to export, click the horizontal ellipses, and select
      Export Accounts
      .
    3. Setup a new password to export data. The password should be at least 14 characters long and must include at least one numerical character, upper and lower case character, and special character.
    4. Click
      Export
      .
      The adapter configurations are exported in .zip format. A password is used to encrypt the data. Use the same password while importing this file.
  2. Import the adapter configuration.
    Before importing the content, ensure that you have exported the adapter configurations.
    1. From the left menu, click
      Data Sources
      Integrations
      .
    2. Click the horizontal ellipses and select
      Import Accounts
      .
    3. Click
      Browse
      to select the
      .zip
      file and enter the password that you had set while exporting the content.
    4. If there is a conflict while importing the adapter configurations, you can either overwrite the existing adapter configurations or skip the import, which is the default option.
    5. Click
      Import
      to import adapter configurations to the destination setup.