NAME

      mxexport - performs the data migration export function.

SYNOPSIS

      mxexport [ -f <zip file name> ] [ -p <password> ]

      mxexport tool allows you to perform the data migration
      export functionality. This is used to export data from an installation of
      HP Insight Control Suite 3.0 or later. This tool outputs a zip file.

OPTIONS

    mxexport recognizes the following options:

    -f    Specifies the name of the zip file. If a file name
     is not specified, the zip file will be created under HPSIM's
     installed location \data\configdata-export with name as
     Products.zip.

    -p    Specifies the password. Minimum allowed length
     is 8 characters. If password is not specified along with the command, you
     will be prompted to enter the password. This prevents the clear text password
     from being exposed to unintended eyes.The same password is needed to carry out
     import on another server in future.

PRE-REQUISITES

     1. You must be a member of the local windows Administrators group.
     2. The source server has HP Insight Control Suite 3.0 or later installed,
        which includes HP SIM 5.3.x or later. For the ID DVD 6.0 release, none of the ID-VSE, 
        IO, IR stack supports SIM migration 'mxexport' from the 
        IS 3.0 DVD (ID-VSE 4.00 or 4.01) to import to 6.0. 
     3. Stop the HP SIM service and all other HP Insight Control software before
        running export function.
     4. All Jobs and tasks must be completed. Ensure there are no running discovery,
        identification or deployment tasks by viewing the task list in HP SIM GUI.
     5. Determine if enough disk space is available on the server. The required
        disk space is dependent on the size of the database.
     6. Custom changes made to the MIB files on the source CMS will be lost after migration. 
        User may take a backup of these files and copy them on the target CMS in their own means.

RETURN VALUE

      No return value.
      Note: This tool continues even if an HP Insight Control software fails during export.

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

      All versions of HPSIM supported Windows operating system.
      All versions of HPSIM supported SQL server local or remote database.

POST EXPORT

      Disable the CMS on the source server.

EXAMPLES

      mxexport

      To export data without specifying file name and password.

      mxexport -p d&e128Pa

      To export data by specifying a password.

      mxexport -f c:\data\Products.zip

      To export data by specifying a filename

      mxexport -f c:\data\Products.zip -p d&e128Pa

      To export data by specifying a filename and a password.

AUTHOR

      mxexport was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.

DEBUG SETTINGS

      By default, the debug log is disabled for migration. To turn on the debug log,
      open the file migration.props under [HPSIM]\config\debugsettings, and modify
      the value of the property 'GlobalEnable' to true and set the log level to 20
      or above for finest logging. The debug log file will be created under
      [HPSIM]\logs with name 'migration_log4j.log'. A backup log file will be 
      created with name 'migration_log4j_backup.log'.

SEE ALSO

      mximport (1)