Services that support cpd-cli export-import

The following table identifies which services support the IBM® Software Hub data export and import utility (cpd-cli export-import command).

You can use the IBM Software Hub data export and import utility to export service data, including metadata, from one IBM Software Hub installation and import the service data to another IBM Software Hub installation.

The Notes column provides details on services that need more steps to be done when you use the data export and import utility. The column also provides information for services that use a different data migration strategy.

Service Supports cpd-cli export-import command Notes
IBM Software Hub control plane Not applicable The only data that is associated with the control plane is user data.
Export
You can use the following commands to export users, roles, and groups from an existing instance of IBM Software Hub:
Import
After you set up services and service instances on a new instance of IBM Software Hub, you can use the following commands to import users, roles, and groups:
Common core services ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Scheduling service Not applicable The scheduling service does not store any data.
AI Factsheets No No alternative method is available.
Analytics Engine powered by Apache Spark No No alternative method is available.
Cognos Analytics ✓ For more information, see Migrating Cognos Analytics data between clusters.
Cognos Dashboards No  
Data Gate No For details on importing and exporting existing tables to a file in comma-separated-value (csv) format, see Importing tables into Data Gate.
Data Privacy ✓ To export data protection rules from any system and import the rules into the same system or a different system, you can use the cpd-cli commands. For details, see Migrating data protection rules.
Data Product Hub ✓ For details on exporting and importing catalog, assets and subscriptions, see Migrating catalogs, assets, and subscriptions.
Data Refinery ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Data Replication ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
DataStage No The data and metadata for DataStage are included in projects. For details, see Exporting project assets (IBM Cloud Pak for Data).
Data Virtualization ✓ See Migrating Data Virtualization data.
Db2 No Db2 uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see Backing up and restoring Db2.
Db2 Big SQL No No alternative method is available.
Db2 Data Management Console No No alternative method is available.
Db2 Warehouse No Db2 Warehouse uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see Backing up and restoring Db2 Warehouse.
Decision Optimization ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
EDB Postgres No EDB Postgres uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see pg_dump in the EDB Postgres documentation.
Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop Not applicable The data for Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop is stored on a remote Apache Hadoop cluster. If you want to make the data available to another instance of IBM Software Hub, you must register the remote cluster with that instance of IBM Software Hub. For details, see Establishing connection to IBM Software Hub clusters.
IBM Knowledge Catalog ✓
Important: To ensure term assignments, data class assignments, and asset-artifact relationships remain functional, you must migrate governance artifacts before you migrate catalog assets.

For the list of governance artifacts that can be imported and exported, see Migrating governance artifacts.

For the list of catalog assets that can be imported and exported, see Migrating catalog assets.

To export data protection rules from any system and import the rules into the same system or a different system, you can use the cpd-cli commands. For details, see Migrating data protection rules.

You cannot export workflows.

IBM Knowledge Catalog Premium ✓
Important: To ensure term assignments, data class assignments, and asset-artifact relationships remain functional, you must migrate governance artifacts before you migrate catalog assets.

For the list of governance artifacts that can be imported and exported, see Migrating governance artifacts.

For the list of catalog assets that can be imported and exported, see Migrating catalog assets.

To export data protection rules from any system and import the rules into the same system or a different system, you can use the cpd-cli commands. For details, see Migrating data protection rules.

You cannot export workflows.

IBM Knowledge Catalog Standard ✓
Important: To ensure term assignments, data class assignments, and asset-artifact relationships remain functional, you must migrate governance artifacts before you migrate catalog assets.

For the list of governance artifacts that can be imported and exported, see Migrating governance artifacts.

For the list of catalog assets that can be imported and exported, see Migrating catalog assets.

To export data protection rules from any system and import the rules into the same system or a different system, you can use the cpd-cli commands. For details, see Migrating data protection rules.

You cannot export workflows.

IBM Manta Data Lineage ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import data lineage, see Migrating data lineage.
IBM Master Data Management No
  • You can export and download a point-in-time snapshot of your master data records or entities. For details, see Exploring master data.
  • You can export master data configuration metadata using configuration snapshots. For details, see Configuring master data
IBM StreamSets No No alternative method is available.
Informix No Informix uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see Data migration utilities in the Informix documentation.
MANTA Automated Data Lineage No MANTA Automated Data Lineage uses its own method to export and import data from the repository it maintains. See the MANTA Automated Data Lineage product documentation for more information.
OpenPages ✓
For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import data for OpenPages installations with an internal database, see Migrating to another instance with an internal database. To export and import for OpenPages installations with an external database, see;
Orchestration Pipelines ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Planning Analytics ✓ For more information, see Migrating Planning Analytics data between instances.
Product Master No Product Master uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see Import Environment in the Product Master documentation.
RStudio® Server Runtimes ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
SPSS Modeler ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Synthetic Data Generator ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Unstructured Data Integration No No alternative method is available.
Voice Gateway No No alternative method is available.
Watson Discovery No Watson Discovery uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see Backing up and restoring data in IBM Software Hub in the Watson Discovery documentation on IBM Cloud.
Watson Machine Learning ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Watson OpenScale ✓
You can use export-import commands to export and import Watson OpenScale subscriptions. For more information, see Migrating Watson OpenScale subscriptions.
Watson Speech services ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import data from service instances, see Migrating data between service instances.
Watson Studio ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
Watson Studio Runtimes ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
watsonx.ai™ ✓ For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import project and space assets, see Migrating project and space assets.
watsonx Assistant No watsonx Assistant uses a different method for exporting data. For details, see Backing up and restoring data in the watsonx Assistant documentation on IBM Cloud.
watsonx Code Assistant™ Not applicable The watsonx Code Assistant service does not store data.
watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat® Ansible® Lightspeed Not applicable The watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed service does not store data.
watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic Not applicable The watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic service does not store data.
watsonx Code Assistant for Z Understand No No alternative method is available.
watsonx.data™ No No alternative method is available.
watsonx.data integration No No alternative method is available.
watsonx.governance™ No The watsonx.governance service does not store any data. However, some of the services that comprise watsonx.governance support export-import:
AI Factsheets (Model Management offering)
Does not support export-import. No alternative method is available.
OpenPages (Risk and Compliance Foundation offering)
For details on using cpd-cli commands to export and import data for OpenPages installations with an internal database, see Migrating to another instance with an internal database. To export and import for OpenPages installations with an external database, see;
Watson OpenScale (Model Management offering)
You can use export-import commands to export and import Watson OpenScale subscriptions. For more information, see Migrating Watson OpenScale subscriptions.
watsonx™ Orchestrate No No alternative method is available.