Designing and Managing Behavior Models - Importing and Exporting NerveCenter Nodes and Objects - Exporting NerveCenter Objects and Nodes to Other Servers -
More About Exporting Behavior Models      Exporting NerveCenter Objects and Nodes to a File

Exporting NerveCenter Objects and Nodes to Other Servers

When you don't want to export an entire NerveCenter database, NerveCenter enables you to pick and choose those nodes and objects you want to export to other NerveCenter servers. For example, for a multi-NerveCenter site, you might want to propagate particular masks across your NerveCenter servers.

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   If you export nodes to a NerveCenter Server on another segment, any applicable parenting information is exported with the nodes. However, this information might not be valid for the new topology into which the node information is imported.

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For a complete list of the object types and what NerveCenter actually exports when you select an object, see the section More about Exporting Objects.

To export nodes and objects to a file, see Exporting NerveCenter Objects and Nodes to a File. For information about exporting a behavior model -- an alarm and all of the objects associated with it -- see the following sections:

• Exporting Behavior Models to Other Servers
• Exporting Behavior Models to a File

 
  To export a set of nodes or objects to another NerveCenter Server:

1. Be sure that you are connected to the NerveCenter server(s) to which you want to export the nodes or objects.

   (See Connecting to a Server on page 63 for more information.)

2. From the client's Admin menu, choose Export Objects and Nodes.

   The Export Objects and Nodes dialog is displayed.

   

3. To export:
   • Objects -- select the Export Objects to Selected Servers to choose servers for objects you're exporting.
   • Nodes -- select Export Nodes to Selected Servers to choose servers for nodes you're exporting.

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        If you export nodes to a NerveCenter Server on another segment, any applicable parenting information is exported with the nodes. However, this information might not be valid for the new topology into which the node information is imported.

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4. Select the Select Servers button.

   The Server Selection dialog is displayed.

   

   1. Select the servers to which you're exporting from the list.
   2. Select the >> button. To select all servers to export to, select the All >> button.

      The selected servers are added to the Selected Servers list.

      You can remove servers from the Selected Servers list by selecting the object and then selecting the << button.

      Repeat this step for each server to which you want to export objects or nodes.

   3. When finished, select OK to save your choices and close the Server Selection dialog.
5. Select Node or the type of object that you want to export from the Object Type radio set.
6. Create a list of nodes or objects to be exported. Creating a node or object list is similar to how you selected the server(s) in step 4.

   The selected objects or nodes are added to the Selected Objects list.

   Repeat step 5 and step 6 for each type of object that you want to export.

7. Select the OK button.

   The definition of the objects or nodes you've selected are exported to the selected NerveCenter server(s)' database.