Importing VIP Enterprise Gateway configuration settings

After you configure a new instance of VIP Enterprise Gateway, you can import the configuration settings from an existing instance of VIP Enterprise Gateway.
Before importing your settings, you must first export them from another version of VIP Enterprise Gateway. See Exporting VIP Enterprise Gateway configuration settings for procedures. VIP Enterprise Gateway 9.8 and higher supports imports from any VIP Enterprise Gateway version that is 9.1 and higher.
If you upgraded to VIP Enterprise Gateway 9.11, the backup file created during the upgrade process also includes an unencrypted copy of the configuration settings file.
Note the following special considerations:
  • If you already have CA certificates on the target instance of VIP Enterprise Gateway, these CA certificates are overwritten during the import.
  • From VIP Enterprise Gateway 9.8 onwards, User ID - LDAP Password - Security Code (Access Challenge Mode) is deprecated. User ID - LDAP Password - Security Code (Access Challenge Mode) is migrated as Custom Validation Server (User ID- LDAP Password - Security Code) during the import.
  • If the VIP Enterprise Gateway server from which you are exporting the configuration settings is configured with HTTPS, the SSL certificates for the Console, VIP Manager IdP, and SSP IdP are not imported. As the VIP Enterprise Gateway administrator, you must create these certificates on the target VIP Enterprise Gateway instance if it is to use HTTPS.
  • If you are importing SSP IdP components with password reset enabled, you must select
    https
    (SSL Enabled) in the
    Protocol
    field of the target instance. You must also generate VIP Integration Code for JavaScript (only once) and add domain names for the SSP IdP and the load balancer in VIP Manager.
See
Symantec VIP Enterprise Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide
, online at the Broadcom TechDocs portal, for additional information about importing VIP Enterprise Gateway configuration settings.
  1. To import VIP Enterprise Gateway configuration settings:
  2. In the Configuration Console on the VIP Enterprise Gateway instance where you want to import the configuration settings, click
    Settings > Import Settings
    .
  3. In the
    Import Settings
    page, click
    Import
    . If any configuration settings are already present in the new VIP Enterprise Gateway instance, they appear here. However, you cannot select those settings to import to the new VIP Enterprise Gateway instance.
  4. In the
    Import Configurations
    panel, click
    Browse
    to locate the ZIP file that contains the exported configuration settings.
    If you downloaded the checksum file, click Browse to locate the checksum file. Otherwise, click
    Skip Checksum
    .
  5. Click
    Next
    .
  6. The configuration settings that you can import to your target VIP Enterprise Gateway instance are listed on the left. The configuration settings that are already present in the target VIP Enterprise Gateway instance are listed on the left.
    De-select any configuration settings on the right that you do not want to import to your VIP Enterprise Gateway instance. LiveUpdate settings are always imported, even if these settings are configured in the target VIP Enterprise Gateway instance.
  7. Click
    Next
    .
  8. After the settings have been imported, click
    Finish
    .
Once the import process is complete, Symantec recommends you to run the
vipdiagnostic
tool to resolve any unexpected connectivity issue in VIP Enterprise Gateway. See
Symantec VIP Enterprise Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide
, online at the Broadcom TechDocs portal, for details on the
vipdiagnostic
tool.
Optionally, you can now make any configuration changes to your new IP Enterprise Gateway instance that are required.