Overview

If you need to save a configuration database for import into a new vmPRO deployment, but can’t use the vmPRO GUI,  you can export the database using a Perl script. This article covers how to use the script and retrieve the results.

Procedure

There is no Panshell command to export the configuration database, so you will use the Bash shell to run the Perl script. 
 

1. At the Bash shell prompt, set the environmental variable with the command:

export CFG_PKG_PASS=''

NOTE: This command ends with two apostrophes, not with the quotation mark (") character.

2. Run the Perl script by entering:

/usr/local/pancetera/bin/create_db_package.pl

This will overwrite any previously exported configuration database.

3. You can retrieve the exported configuration database from the /var directory. The package will be named:

db-package.tar.bz2.enc