When migrating individual users to another processor, or when migrating the complete processor, it is possible to provide the users with the same FTAC environment by saving the admission sets and FT profiles and restoring them on the new processor. Furthermore, you can also created backup copies of the FTAC environment on your processor by this method.
The following commands are available for migrating and saving the FTAC environment:
FTEXPENV | output FTAC environment to file |
FTIMPENV | transfer FTAC environment from file |
FTSHWENV | show FTAC environment from export file |
Saving and importing admission sets and FT profiles
When saving the FTAC environment you can select the admission sets and FT profiles which you wish to save for particular users. You must specify the name of the backup file.
In all cases, the standard admission set is not included in the backup.
When re-importing the saved FTAC environment you can make a distinction between sets, profiles and login names, i.e. you must not accept the entire backup contents. Please note that the values which refer to the standard admission set are always assigned to the values of the currently valid admission set.
Depending on the rights of the FTAC administrator who is performing the import and the security settings in the "import system", it may be necessary to set up privileges explicitly on the new computer and release the transfer admissions explicitly.
You can display the contents of a backup file with the command
FTSHWENV .
Example
Steven Miller needs to work on a new computer under the same user ID STEVEN. Steven would like to keep the same admission set and admission profiles as before. To do this, the FTAC administrator Jack backs up the admission set and the admission profiles for the user ID STEVEN in the file STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP.
FTEXPENV TO-FILE=STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP,USER-IDENTIFICATION=STEVEN
Being a conscientious FTAC administrator, Jack checks if the desired backup is in the file STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP.
FTSHWENV FROM-FILE=STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP
He receives the following output:
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Now, Jack transfers the file STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP to the user ID of the FTAC administrator on the new computer.
There, Sylvester, the FTAC administrator for the new computer, transfers the admission set and the admission profiles of the user ID STEVEN from the file
STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP.
Sylvester is also a conscientious administrator. He checks if Steven’s admission set and profiles are a threat to the security of his system (he doesn’t trust Jack in the slightest):
FTSHWENV FROM-FILE=STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP
and of course he receives the same output as above.
Then Sylvester imports Steven’s admissions from the file STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP onto his system:
FTIMPENV FROM-FILE=STEVEN.FTAC.BKUP
Sylvester must then privilege Steven’s profile:
FTMODPRF PROFPROD,,(,STEVEN),PRIV=*Y
Finally, Steven must release the imported profiles before he can work with them.