11.5 Exporting the Schema to a File

11.5.1 Exporting the Schema to a .sch File

  1. In the Modeler, right-click an Identity Vault, then select Export to File > Schema.

  2. Select .sch format.

    Options to select a format

  3. Specify a path or browse to where you want to save the schema file, specify a filename, then click Save > Next.

    Designer appends the . sch extension when you export the file.

  4. Select the classes and attributes to export to the .sch file, then click Finish.

    The Schema Deploy Wizard

    Deploy all associations (above the Attributes pane) enables you to associate the selected attributes with the classes that might already exist in the eDirectory tree. If you do not select this box, the new attributes that should be associated with the class are not associated.

    For example, if the Employee Photo attribute is associated with the User class, and Deploy all associations is not selected, Employee Photo is not associated with the User class.

    The classes and attributes that are in Designer are listed in the two columns. All classes and attributes are selected by default. To prevent a class or attribute from being deployed, deselect it. To add all classes and attributes, click Select All. To remove all classes and attributes, click Unselect All.

  5. Click Finish.

    The message that the schema deployed successfully

    If errors occur, a deploy summary screen lists them.

11.5.2 Exporting the Schema to an LDIF File

  1. In the Modeler, right-click the Identity Vault, then select Export to File > Schema.

  2. Select Export to file.

  3. Select .ldif format.

    The .ldif format option

  4. Specify a path or browse to where you want to save the schema file, specify a filename, then click Save > Next.

    Designer appends the . ldif extension when you export the file.

  5. Select the classes and attributes to export to the .ldif file, the click Finish.

    The classes and attributes that are in Designer are listed in the two columns. All classes and attributes are selected by default. To prevent a class or attribute from being deployed, deselect it. To add all classes and attributes, click Select All. To remove all classes and attributes, click Unselect All.

  6. Click OK in the warning.

    The Warning dialog box

    The class and attribute names in Designer are the eDirectory names. The names for the classes and attributes in the LDIF file are the LDAP names. The eDirectory names differ from the LDAP names. Verify that the names listed in the LDAP file are correct for your environment before importing the file. For a list of eDirectory class and attribute names mapped to LDAP class and attribute names, see Section 11.8, Mapping eDirectory to an LDAP Schema.

  7. Click OK.

    If errors occur, a deploy summary screen lists them.