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Appendix D Cisco Secure ACS Command-Line Database Utility
Loading the Cisco Secure ACS Database from a Dump File
To dump all Cisco Secure ACS internal data into a text file, follow these steps:
Step 1
On the Cisco Secure ACS server, open an MS DOS command prompt and change
directories to the directory containing CSUtil.exe. For more information about the
location of CSUtil.exe, see
Location of CSUtil.exe and Related Files, page D-2
.
Step 2
If the CSAuth service is running, type:
net stop csauth
and press Enter.
Result: The CSAuth service stops.
Step 3
Type:
CSUtil.exe -d
and press Enter.
Result: CSUtil.exe displays a confirmation prompt.
Step 4
To confirm that you want to dump all Cisco Secure ACS internal data into
dump.txt
, type Y and press Enter.
Result: CSUtil.exe creates the
dump.txt
file. This process may take a few
minutes.
Step 5
To resume user authentication, type:
net start csauth
and press Enter.
Loading the Cisco Secure ACS Database from a
Dump File
You can use the -l option to overwrite all Cisco Secure ACS internal data from a
dump text file. This option replaces the existing all Cisco Secure ACS internal
data with the data in the dump text file. In effect, the -l option initializes all
Cisco Secure ACS internal data before loading it from the dump text file. Dump
text files are created using the -d option. While the -d option only produces dump
