nmImport

Use this script to import customized core components data from a previous version of Network Manager.

Running the script

To run the script, go to the location on the target server where you extracted the ExportPackageCore.tar file, change to the scripts directory at that location, and use a command line similar to the following:

./nmImport -n netcool_location

Note: The script asks various questions as part of execution, including the following:

Enter all migration packages to process.
Check current server settings.
Specify NCIM database account password.
In the case of copying one current system to another: Specify whether to allocate new entity identifiers.

Command-line options

The following table describes the command-line options for the nmImport script.

Table 1. nmImport command-line options
Command-line option	Description
-n `netcool_location`	Optional; location of the Network Manager installation to which the data is to be migrated. If no value is provided, the environment variable $NCHOME is used; if it does not exist, then the script prompts for a value.