For this procedure, you can import (open) a Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 server configuration from file. A server
configuration also includes all management agents that exist when
an export server configuration file is created. This can be helpful
when you want to import or recover a known-good server
configuration and is the preferred method when migrating a server
configuration. To complete this procedure, you must be logged on as a member of the MIISAdmins security group.
To import a server configuration from file
On the File menu, click Import Server
Configuration.
In Browse for folder, click the location of the file to
be imported.
For each directory-based management agent, Management Agent
Designer checks the connected data source schema and creates a list
of existing partitions. Management Agent Designer will then attempt
to match those existing partitions with partitions specified in the
management agent configuration file. If partition matches can be
guaranteed with matching globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) and
matching names, no action is necessary. If partition matches cannot
be guaranteed, the Partition Matching dialog box will appear
and requires any of the following:
By default, if partitions are detected in the management agent
configuration file, and those partitions have a matching GUID with
an existing partition, they are not displayed. To display
partitions with an exact match, click Show exact partition
matches. Exact partition matches detected by Management Agent
Designer are shown for reference only. No additional action for
exact matches is necessary.
If partitions are detected in the management agent
configuration file and those partitions do not have a matching GUID
with an existing partition, but do have a matching name, they are
proposed as a match and no additional action is necessary.
If partitions are detected in the management agent
configuration file, and those partitions do not have a matching
GUID or a matching name with an existing partition, they must be
matched manually by clicking the partition in File
Partition, clicking an existing partition in Existing
Partition, and then clicking Match.
To deselect an existing partition, click the partition in
Existing Partition, and then click Deselect.
Deselected partitions are not available for processing in a run
profile.
To remove a proposed match, manually matched, or deselected
partition in Matched Partitions, click the partition, and
then click Remove.
Caution
Do not run Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripts
when importing a server configuration. Failure to do so might cause
a management agent run to fail or corrupt a management agent
configuration.
Important
When you import a server configuration from file, existing
management agents (with the same name and GUID) are replaced by
management agents from the imported server configuration. The
existing metaverse schema will be appended with the imported
metaverse schema. It is recommended that you import only a fully
tested server configuration.
Note
The Partition Matching dialog box does not appear for
text file management agents when importing a server configuration.
Text file management agents do not have a native connected
directory partition schema. Text file partitions exist only as
logical groupings within a management agent.
