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8 Click Save.
You exported the package. You can use the workflows, actions, policies, and Web views from the exported
package on another Orchestrator server.
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 compatible with Orchestrator 4.x and 5.x. You can
import a package from an Orchestrator 3.2 server to an Orchestrator 4.x or 5.x server. Packages from
Orchestrator 4.x and 5.x are not backward compatible with Orchestrator 3.2.
Prerequisites
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Back up any standard Orchestrator elements that you have modified.
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On the remote server, create a package and add the elements you want to import.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Administer.
2 Click the Packages view.
3 Right-click within the left pane and select Import package.
4 Browse to the package that you want to import and click Open.
Certificate information about the exporter appears.
5 Review the package import details and select Import or Import and trust provider.
The Import package view appears. If the version of an element in the package is later than the version
on the server, the system selects the element for import.
6 (Optional) Deselect the elements that you do not want to import.
7 (Optional) Deselect Import the values of the configuration settings if you do not want to import the
attribute values of the configuration elements from the package.
8 From the drop-down menu, choose whether you want to import tags from the package.
Option Description
Import tags but preserve existing
values
Import tags from the package without overwriting existing tag values.
Import tags and overwrite existing
values
Import tags from the package and overwrite existing values.
Do not import tags
Do not import tags from the package.
9 Click Import selected elements.
What to do next
You can use all the workflows, actions, policies, Web views, and configuration elements from the imported
package as new building blocks on your Orchestrator server.
Using the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Client
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