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including real-time updates, automatic refreshes, and manual global refreshes. See

Refreshing

resources (automatic)

and

Refreshing resources (global)

.

The active RSM database cannot be accessed by administrators or users. Administrators, however,
can export and import copies of the database. See

Exporting an RSM database

,

Importing an

RSM database

, and

Importing a remote RSM database

.

About exports

The export feature creates a copy (XML file) of the active RSM database.

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Exported copies can only be created in an existing folder on the storage management server.

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You can assign a file name or let the replication manager automatically assign a name.

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Automatically assigned file names have the format: CADATA_timestamp.export.xml
where timestamp is the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second the file was created. For
example, the file CADATA_20050211135232.export.xml was created on February 11,
2005, at 13:52:32.

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Stored security credentials for resources and scheduled job events are not included in the
exported copies.

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All scheduled job events are exported with a status of a run status of disabled. For more
information on jobs, see the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager Job Command Reference.

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See also

Exporting an RSM database

.

About imports

The import feature merges the content of a previously exported RSM database or a remote RSM
database with the content of the currently active database.

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Importing processing is as follows:

When a storage or host resource exists in both the imported and active RSM database, the active
database record is overwritten with the imported record.

When a storage or host resource exists only in the imported RSM database, a record is added to
the active database.

When a job or managed set exists in both the imported and active RSM database, the active
database record is not overwritten. Instead, a new record is added and the job or managed set
name is modified with the characters _# to make it unique.

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If you use RSM jobs to import RSM databases, do not allow more than one import-job to run
at a time. If two or more import-jobs run at the same time, the jobs may fail, but will incorrectly
report that they completed successfully.

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After an import has been run, additional procedures are required to make the imported
resources available. See

Completing imports

.

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See also

Importing an RSM database

and

Importing a remote RSM database

.

Exporting an RSM database

This feature allows administrators to create a copy of the active RSM database. The copy is created
on the same management server as the active database. See

RSM database

.

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