This option retrieves a specific named *.ncf file from the remote server’s configuration directories (that is, from the BASEDIR/smarts/conf/<config> or BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/<config> directories). When you select this option:

  1. The Connect to a Server dialog box appears as shown in GUID-A7B5AEE1-9A7F-45A4-8859-0E7DE3B1CBC5.html#GUID-A7B5AEE1-9A7F-45A4-8859-0E7DE3B1CBC5___NOTIF_USER_USING_18342. Choose the remote server from which you want to retrieve the specific *.ncf file and click OK.

  2. The Directory dialog box appears as shown in GUID-A7B5AEE1-9A7F-45A4-8859-0E7DE3B1CBC5.html#GUID-A7B5AEE1-9A7F-45A4-8859-0E7DE3B1CBC5___NOTIF_USER_USING_22709. Choose a directory on the remote server from which you want to retrieve the *.ncf file and click OK.

  3. The File dialog box appears, as shown in File dialog box. This dialog provides a drop-down list of the *.ncf files in the selected directory.

    Note:

    If you are retrieving an *.ncf file from a remote server, and you have existing *.ncf file(s) on your local system, be careful to ensure that there are no conflicting configurations within multiple *.ncf files as the order in which these files are read is undetermined.

    Select the *.ncf file you want to retrieve from the remote server and click OK.

    Figure 1. File dialog box
  4. A progress bar at the bottom of the screen indicates that the selected remote *.ncf file is being loaded into the VMware Smart Assurance NOTIF Editor on the local server, as shown in Loading an .ncf file from a remote server. In this example, the *.ncf file being retrieved is a configuration file named test-iter5.ncf on a remote Adapter Platform server named OI81-Notif-ICB88-lin.

    Figure 2. Loading an .ncf file from a remote server
  5. When the *.ncf file from the remote server is imported into the VMware Smart Assurance NOTIF Editor on the local server:

    • The VMware Smart Assurance NOTIF configuration objects in the topology tree are populated (that is, there are now EnumValueMapping, EventConfigInfo, NotifConfigInfo, and NotifPackage objects in the tree), and

  6. To save the configuration to your local server:

  7. Select File > Save Configuration As...

  8. Name the .ncf file and select the directory on your local server where you want to store the configuration in the Save dialog box (see GUID-A7B5AEE1-9A7F-45A4-8859-0E7DE3B1CBC5.html#GUID-A7B5AEE1-9A7F-45A4-8859-0E7DE3B1CBC5___NOTIF_USER_USING_40636).