Importing security content on CCS Manager using the importcontent utility

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Importing security content on CCS Manager using the importcontent utility

Importcontent utility is a command line utility, used to import the application modules and security content information to the specified CCS Manager. The utility displays the content version on the GUI or on the CLI. The utility is located in the bin folder of the installation directory, along with other ESM Manager binaries in platform-specific folders.

For example, <install_directory>\Symantec\CCS\Reporting and Analytics\ESM\bin\w8s-ix86\importcontent.exe.

You can use the importcontent utility on Windows and UNIX platforms. The utility provides the option of importing security module (.m) files, property (.properties) files, template files, word (.wrd) files, and report content (UpdatePackage.rdl) files for the application modules. You can use the -f option to force import content related information at a later stage.

Pre-requisites for using the importcontent utility:

  • You must be in the role of ESM administrator.

  • You must have CCS Manager installed on the computer on which you are running the importcontent utility.

Perform the following procedure before importing security content on CCS Manager using the importcontent utility:

Install the CCS Manager. You can install the CCS Manager along with the CCS Application Server on a single computer, See Installing the CCS Suite.

You can add a CCS Manager to an existing installation of the CCS Application Server, See Adding or upgrading CCS components.

You can install a stand-alone CCS Manager. See Installing a stand-alone CCS Manager for a scale out deployment of CCS.

Install the application modules on the CCS Agent. See Installing the application modules on CCS Agent on Windows.

See Installing the application modules on CCS Agent on UNIX.

To use the importcontent utility

  1. At the Windows command prompt, navigate to the platform-specific bin folder, where the importcontent utility is located.

  2. Type the following command:

    importcontent [-RLrnvfW] [-m manager] [-U user] [-P password] [-p port] [-L app_module_name1, app_module_name2,...] [-a | module_config_file1 [module_config_file2... ]]

    The switch options that can be used with the importcontent utility are listed below.

Table: Switch options for the importcontent utility

Switch

Description

-m

Manager name - the local manager name is used by default.

-U

User name - the ESM user name is used by default.

-P

Password - the ESM user account password.

-p

TCP port number to connect to the CCS Manager - the port number is 5600 by default.

-a

Import and register all security module (.m) files with the manager.

-R

Import property files (.properties).

-T

Import all templates.

-r

Import report content file (UpdatePackage.rdl).

-W

Import word files.

-n

Synchronize policies.

-f

Force the import of security module information.

-h

Write C include file for security module compilation.

Note:

-h, and -M options can be used only with the -a option.

-M

Write VMS macro file for security module compilation.

Note:

-h, and -M options can be used only with the -a option.

-v

Set verbose mode, log each action as it is performed.

-F

Log the program finish.

See Examples of using the importcontent utility.

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