Importing Configuration

This feature provides a simple way configure a PATROL Agent by importing a configuration already in use on another PATROL agent. It:

Basically, you import a configuration file that has been "exported" from another Agent and saved. Monitoring Studio offers you two options:

The options displayed by the import configuration wizard will depend on the file type exported and saved (entire Monitoring Studio configuration and/or application monitoring).

Step 1: Import Configuration

To access the import configuration wizard, right-click the Monitoring Studio icon > KM commands > Import and Export > Import configuration.

Importing Configuration Wizard — Welcome Page

Step 2: Select config file to import

Importing Configuration Wizard — File Selection Page

Select the configuration file and click Next. Monitoring Studio will detect the configuration files stored in the entered path.

Step 3: Confirm import of global settings

Importing Configuration Wizard — Global Setting Import Page

Click Yes if you wish to import the global settings as well.

Importing global settings will impact the global settings on your existing objects. It will overwrite the old global settings. These global variables would have been specified and selected/or not, during the export of this configuration. For instance, take the case of the global variable for License. If the imported configuration has License4, and you accept the global settings during the import, this is the license key that will now be assigned to the host which is importing the configuration.

Or click No if you do not wish to import global settings

The next window will show if there are similar existing objects and will ask you to whether you wish to overwrite the existing objects or make a copy.

Importing Configuration Wizard — Existing Objects Page

Clicking Overwrite will overwrite existing objects and then on clicking Finish the summary of the imported objects will pop up:

Importing Configuration Wizard — Override Confirmation Page

Or

Importing Configuration Wizard — Import Confirmation Page (Override Option)

Selecting Make a copy instead of Overwrite will make a copy of the configuration in your console without overwriting current existing objects. A panel will ask you to assign prefixes to these copied objects:

Importing Configuration Wizard — Prefix Definition Page

Enter the prefix. The new panel will show a summary.

Importing Configuration Wizard — Import Confirmation Page (Copy with Prefix)

Click Finish, and a panel confirming the import will pop-up

Importing Configuration Wizard — Completed Import Confirmation Page

On completion of the discovery process, you will see all the objects of the imported configuration in your console.

See Also

Application/Container icons

Exporting Configuration