Topology Import and Export Concepts

The topology import and export utilities are used to do the following tasks:

• Dump the topology data as backup regularly.

• Transfer data between different topology servers.

• Restore the data from backup if the topology data is damaged.

• Convert the data into another file format, and load the data into another management system in a third-party management platform.

You can access these functions from the Sun Management Center console main window or the CLI. You must specify the complete topology data and the domains to be imported or exported. The tool supports several methods of data handling, including overwrite and append.

• The import and export utilities support domain level operation. You can specify one domain to export or the whole topology hierarchy.

• You can recover backup data through the import utility.

• You can import objects of any domain to one domain.

• You can back up existing data through the export utility.

• You can export data in incremental mode.

• You can export topology information from the main console window only when the current topology hierarchy contains data.