As a VMware Aria Operations admin, you can backup the content before upgrading, export all the outbound plugin configurations, and import it into a different VMware Aria Operations instance. You can also export the content from VMware Aria Operations on-prem to VMware Aria Operations.
Note: Any user with "Manage" Outbound Settings permission can export and import outbound plugin configurations.
Procedure
- Export an outbound setting.
- From the left menu, click , and in the right pane, click Outbound Settings.
- Select the outbound settings that you want to export and click the horizontal ellipses and select Export.
- Setup a new password to export data. The password should be at least 14 characters long.
- Click Export.
The outbound setting data is exported in the .json format. A password is used to encrypt the data in the file using the AES algorithm with 128 bit key. Use the same password while importing this file.
- Import an outbound setting.
Note: Before importing the outbound setting, ensure that you have exported the outbound plugin configurations.
- From the left menu, click , and in the right pane, click Outbound Settings.
- Click the horizontal ellipses and select Import.
- Click Browse to select the .json file and enter the password that you had set while exporting the content.
- If there is a conflict while importing the content, you can either overwrite the existing outbound settings or skip the import, which is the default.
- Click Import to import outbound settings to the destination setup.
Note: While importing outbound settings on
VMware Aria Operations, HTTP Proxy configurations will be excluded.