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Exporting objects from ePolicy Orchestrator
Frequently, the easiest and fastest way to replicate behavior from one ePolicy Orchestrator server to
another is to export the item describing the behavior and import it onto the other server.
Items exported from ePolicy Orchestrator are stored in XML files that describe the exported items in
detail. Objects exported from an McAfee ePO server are displayed in your browser as XML. Your
browser settings determine now the XML is displayed and saved.
Exported file contents
An exported file usually contains an outer containing element named
<list>
in the event multiple
items are being exported. If only a single object is exported, this outer containing element may be
named after the object. (e.g.
<query>
). Any more detailed contents are variable depending on the
exported item type.
Exportable items
The following items can be exported. Installed extensions may add items to this list. Please check the
extension's documentation for details.
• Dashboards
• Permission Sets
• Queries
• Reports
• Server Tasks
• Users
• Automatic Responses
The following items can have a table of their current contents exported.
• Audit Log
• Issues
Importing items into ePolicy Orchestrator
Items exported from a ePolicy Orchestrator server can be imported into another server.
ePolicy Orchestrator exports items into XML. These XML files contain exact descriptions of the
exported items.
Importing items
When importing items into ePolicy Orchestrator, certain rules are followed:
• All items except users are imported with private visibility by default. You may apply other
permissions either during or after import.
• If an item already exists with the same name,
"(imported)"
or
"(copy)"
is appended to the
imported item's name.
• Imported items requiring an extension or product that does not exist on the new server will be
marked invalid.
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