The source server and the target server must have the same version of Access Manager. If you want to export the configuration data from an earlier version of Access Manager, ensure that you first upgrade Access Manager on the source server to the Access Manager version installed on the target server. For information about upgrading Access Manager, see the Upgrading or Migrating Access Manager
in the NetIQ Access Manager 5.0 Installation and Upgrade Guide.
The source server and the target server must run on the same operating system.
The source server and the target server must have the same model; that is, both must be either Access Manager or Access Manager Appliance.
Importing configuration data replaces the existing configuration data. Therefore, use the backup option in the Import wizard to preserve a copy of the existing configuration before importing the data.
Before importing Access Gateway configuration, manually create reverse proxies and master proxy services or root proxy service on the target system.
Each configuration entity that you want to map between source and target systems must have the same name. Configuration entities include proxy service, protected resource, authentication class, method, contract, and user stores.
Back up the Access Gateway configuration by using the ambackup file. For more information, see Section 31.0, Back Up and Restore.
The backup option available on the Code Promotion page works only for the Identity Server configuration.