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# sk32506 - upgrade_export command support on CMA

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk32506 |
| Date Created | 2007-01-29 |
| Last Modified | 2015-11-05 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R81.20, R82, R82.20 |

## Solution

The `upgrade_export` on a Multi-Domain Security Management / Provider-1 CMA is not supported.

**Note:** starting from R75, the `migrate export` utility should be used for exporting CMA or Security Management server database.  

The `cma_migrate` command imports an existing Security Management Server or Domain Management Server into a Multi-Domain Server so that it will become one of its Domain Management Servers. If the imported Security Management or Domain Management Server is of a version earlier than the Multi-Domain Server to which it is being imported, then the Upgrade process is performed as part of the import.

**Usage:** *cma_migrate \<source management directory path\> \<target Domain Management Server FWDIR directory\>*

Where

* *source database directory path -* The root of the original source database directory; the *FWDIR* directory, or a copy of it.
* *target Domain Management Server FWDIR directory* - The directory of the Domain Management Server that you are migrating to.   
  The target Domain Management Server cannot ever have been started before running *cma_migrate* . There is no need to stop the Multi-Domain Server before running *cma_migrate*

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