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# Exporting Hosts

Exporting hosts from an ArcMC will create a CSV list of hosts managed by that ArcMC. (Password information is not included in this file.)

After adding passwords for each host to the file, you can then import this list of hosts into another ArcMC, using the Import Hosts feature described under Importing Multiple Hosts

Exporting hosts is most useful when you are reassigning management of hosts from one ArcMC to another.

For example, consider two ArcSight Management Centers, called ArcMC East and ArcMC West. ArcMC East currently manages 50 hosts. However, you are consolidating management of all hosts to the new ArcMC West. To do this quickly and easily, you would export the hosts from ArcMC East into a CSV file. Then, you would add an additional entry for ArcMC East to the CSV file.

After adding in password data for each host, you would import the resulting CSV file into ArcMC West. At the end of the process, all of ArcMC East’s hosts, and ArcMC East itself, would be managed by ArcMC West.

To export hosts in ArcMC:

1. Select Node Management > Export Hosts.

2. All hosts managed by the ArcMC are exported to the local CSV file (`exporthosts.csv`).

3. Optionally, open the file in a CSV editor. Add the password information for each host to the CSV file, and then save the file.