Copying a template

You can copy an existing template to the same manager using a new name, and then edit the template to meet your needs. On large templates, such as the File Attributes module templates, copying is faster than creating a new template. Templates require unique names that can have up to 38 characters and cannot contain any periods.

You can also copy a template from one manager to another manager as long as both ESM managers are viewable from the same ESM console.

You must have a 6.0 or later version of the ESM console installed to copy templates using the ESM console menu command.

To copy a template

  1. In the enterprise tree, expand the Manager branch that contains the template.

  2. Expand the Templates branch.

  3. Right-click the template that you want to copy, and then click Copy.

  4. In the Copy Template dialog box, type a unique name for the template.

    Template names can contain up to 125 characters. You cannot include spaces in a template name or start the name with a hyphen (-).

    The following characters are not allowed in a template name:

    . # / : * ? " < > | ; { } [ ]

    You cannot leave a template name blank.

    Do not specify an extension as Symantec Enterprise Security Manager provides the extension according to the template type that you copy.

  5. Click OK.

To copy a template from one manager to another manager

  1. In the enterprise tree, expand the Manager branch that contains the template.

  2. Expand the Templates branch.

  3. Right-click the template that you want to copy, and then click copy to manager.

  4. In the Select Manager dialog box, select the manager to which you want to copy the template.

  5. Click OK.