4.0

Import a Package
To reuse workflows, actions, policies, Web views, and configuration elements from one Orchestrator server
on another server, you can import them as a package.
IMPORTANT Packages that Orchestrator 3.2 generates are upwardly compatible with Orchestrator 4.0. You can
import a package from an Orchestrator 3.2 server to an Orchestrator 4.0 server. Packages from Orchestrator
4.0 are not backwards compatible with Orchestrator 3.2. You cannot import to an Orchestrator 3.2 server a
package that an Orchestrator 4.0 server generates.
Prerequisites
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Back up any standard Orchestrator elements that you modified. If the imported package contains elements
whose version number is later than the version number of the elements stored in the Orchestrator database,
your changes might be lost.
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On the remote server, you created a package and added to it the necessary elements.
Procedure
1 In the Orchestrator client, click the Packages view.
2 From the drop-down menu, select Import package.
3 Browse to select the package to import and click Open.
Certificate information about the exporter appears.
4 Review the package import details and select Import or Import and trust provider.
The Import package view appears. If the version of the imported package element is later than the server
version, the system selects the element for import.
5 (Optional) Deselect the elements that you do not want to import.
6 Click Import checked elements.
The imported package appears in the list of packages.
What to do next
You can use all of the workflows, actions, policies, Web views, and configuration elements from the imported
package as new building blocks on your Orchestrator server.
Get and Synchronize a Remote Package
The Packages view provides a way to synchronize a package on one Orchestrator server with a package on
another server.
If a package already exists on the local server, use the Synchronize option. If you want to retrieve a package
from a remote server, use the Get remote package option.
Synchronizing packages is the only way to be sure to obtain all the elements from the remote server. If you
synchronize individual elements, Orchestrator only synchronizes elements that already exist on the local
server. To obtain any new elements from the remote server, you must synchronize the package that contains
those elements.
Procedure
1 In the Orchestrator client, click the Packages view.
2 Right-click the package to synchronize and select Synchronize.
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