Exporting comparison results using the CDT

You can export the configuration differences for comparison at a later time or as a backup for your existing configuration.

Procedure

Ensure that you have specified a directory location where the comparison report is generated in the Reports Directory field in the Settings tab of your Sterling Order Management System Software Configuration Deployment Tool Preferences. For more information about specifying these preferences settings, see Setting CDT preference settings in GUI mode.
From the Comparison Results action bar, choose the Save icon. From the Windows Explorer, browse to the location specified in the Reports Directory field.
The Sterling Order Management System Software Configuration Deployment Tool automatically creates a subdirectory in this directory. For example, if you have specified D:/reports in the Reports Directory field and exported the comparison results at 3:40 pm on May 23, 2008, CDT creates the subdirectory as: D:/reports/export20080523154024. This new subdirectory contains the ydkexport.xml file, which contains the comparison results.

After the import gets completed, you can perform any of the following actions:
- Examine the differences using the instructions in Examining database differences using the CDT.
- Generate a report of the differences, using the instructions in Generating a report of differences using the CDT.
- Deploy your changes using the instructions in Deploy configuration data.