You can export User account configurations from one VMware Aria Operations and import into any VMware Aria Operations .

Export User Accounts

  1. From the left menu click Administration > Control Panel, and then click Access Control tile.
  2. In the User Accounts tab, select the user accounts to be exported. Click the horizontal ellipsis next to Add and then, click Export.
  3. You will be prompted to enter a password when you export the user accounts. Enter the password and note it down, you have to use the same password when you import the user accounts.
  4. Click Export.

The user accounts .json file is downloaded to the default download location.

Import User Accounts

  1. From the left menu click Administration > Control Panel, and then click Access Control tile.
  2. In the User Accounts tab, click the horizontal ellipsis next to Add and then, click Import.
  3. Click Browse and select the user accounts .json file.
  4. Enter the same password which you had used during user accounts export.
  5. In case of a conflict, select either Overwrite existing User Accounts or Skip User Accounts.
  6. Click Import.

Important Points

  • User scopes will be matched in the target VMware Aria Operations, which means the user scopes references are being exported, then assigned to user while importing only if those scopes exist on the target VMware Aria Operations.
  • User roles will be matched in the target VMware Aria Operations, which means user roles references are being exported, then assigned to user while importing only if those roles exist on the target VMware Aria Operations.
  • User groups will be matched in the target VMware Aria Operations, which means user group references are being exported, then assigned to user while importing only if those user groups exist on the targetVMware Aria Operations.
  • Import of the external users fails if their authentication source is not found in the target VMware Aria Operations .
  • The traversal specifications are not imported or exported in VMware Aria Operations.
  • An error message is displayed with details for failed imports.
  • User Account Export or Import is not supported in VMware Aria Operations (SaaS).