{"id":58852,"date":"2023-02-17T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/sentinel\/importing-and-exporting\/importing-to-a-sentinel-environment\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T01:08:31","slug":"importing-to-a-sentinel-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/sentinel\/importing-and-exporting\/importing-to-a-sentinel-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing to a Sentinel Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: The import procedure cannot be reversed. Please ask your System Administrator to make a backup of your Sentinel database before you proceed with the import, in case you need to revert to your pre-import configuration.<\/p>\n

You will need a Sentinel Migration Package to import. This can either be a zipped (.zip) file, or a plain .xml file, created by an export from another Sentinel environment.<\/p>\n

To import to Sentinel:<\/p>\n

1. Click the Menu<\/strong> button below the Sentinel header.<\/p>\n

2. Click Import\/Export<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Note: This menu option only appears to users who have import or export permissions.<\/p>\n

The Import\/Export window appears.<\/p>\n

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3. Click the Import<\/strong> panel.<\/p>\n

Note: This panel is disabled if you do not have permissions to import to a Sentinel environment.<\/p>\n

An Open <\/strong>dialog box appears.<\/p>\n

4. Navigate to the folder containing the package you want to import.<\/p>\n

5. Click on the file, and click Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Note: If the migration package is corrupt, the import cannot continue<\/strong>. An error message window appears. Click OK<\/strong> to close the window. The Import<\/strong> tab closes.<\/p>\n

If this is a valid Sentinel migration package, the Import<\/strong> tab opens.<\/p>\n

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The following information appears on the different panels of the Import<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Migration Package<\/strong><\/td>\nContains the following information relating to the package:<\/p>\n
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  • File Name<\/strong>: The file name of the migration package.<\/li>\n
  • Package Description<\/strong>: The description that was supplied at the time that the export package was created (if no package description was added, this header does not appear).<\/li>\n
  • Sentinel Version<\/strong>: The full version number of the migration package Sentinel version (for example 4.0.2.20); this has a tick icon if there are no Sentinel version compatibility issues. If the Sentinel instance that you are importing to has an earlier version number than the migration package version number, the versions are incompatible, and an error icon is displayed along with an error message showing the version number of this Sentinel instance.<\/li>\n
  • Package Version<\/strong>: The full package number of the migration package Sentinel version (e.g. 1.0)
    \n No package version compatibility issues.
    \n If the Sentinel instance that you are importing to has a different package number than the migration package number, the Sentinel version package numbers are incompatible, and an error icon is displayed along with an error message showing the package number of this Sentinel instance.<\/li>\n
  • Contents<\/strong>: The content of the migration package, broken down into separate counts for folders, monitors and workspaces.<\/li>\n
  • Export Details<\/strong>: The user name of the user who performed the export operation, the exporting server name, and the date\/time that the migration package was created.
    \nNote: If either the Sentinel version or the Package version number is incompatible, the import cannot continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Import Options<\/strong><\/td>\nThe default import options:<\/p>\n
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  • Submit imported monitors and new monitor versions<\/strong>: This option is only available if this instance of Sentinel is configured to use Change Management. If you select the check box, then imported monitors, or existing monitors with new versions, are automatically submitted for approval if the check box is selected.<\/li>\n
  • Always add new monitor versions<\/strong>: If selected, the system always imports this version of the monitor. If not selected, the system will only import this monitor version if it does not already exist in the instance of Sentinel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preview after import<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Preview after import panel on the right side of the Import tab shows a preview of what the Workspace panel will contain after the import. This includes what is currently in the Workspace panel, as well as the newly imported items.<\/p>\n

You can navigate through the Preview after import panel in the same way that you navigate through the Workspace panel. The following labels are appended to the import item (workspace\/folder\/monitor) names as applicable.
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