4.6.2. Importing a Workspace

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### 4.6.2. Importing a Workspace

A `superuser` can create a new workspace from a workspace that has been exported from another EKM server provided that the source and destination servers are within the same release of EKM (see Transferring a Workspace Between EKM Servers for specific rules). The exported workspace that you create is different from an empty workspace in that it is an exact copy of the workspace including users/groups, configuration, data, controls, and so on. See Creating a New, Empty Workspace to create a new empty workspace.

In the steps that follow, the EKM server from which the workspace is being exported is referred to as the “source” EKM server, and the EKM server where the workspace is being created is referred to as the “destination” EKM server.

1. Export the workspace from the source EKM server using the Export Workspace action. For details see Exporting a Workspace.

2. Sign in to the Administration interface of the destination EKM server as `superuser` (see Signing In and Out of EKM Server Administration).

3. In the EKM Server Administration window, click Add Workspace to create a new workspace. This opens the New Workspace dialog box.

   1. Type a name for the workspace.

   2. If you want EKM to create user accounts for new users automatically, enable the Create new users automatically check box. See Automatic Creation of User Accounts for details. Otherwise, if this option is disabled, you must create user accounts for new users before they can connect to the workspace (when they are signing in to EKM, or when switching from another workspace). See Adding and Modifying Users for details.

      You can change this setting later by editing the `createUsersAutomatically` setting in the WorkspaceConfig.xml file. See Creating User Accounts Automatically for details.

   3. Check the Import an exported workspace? box.

   4. Type the path to the folder on the destination EKM server that contains the exported workspace.

   5. Click OK.

   A Progress dialog box reports the progress of the import:

   When the operation is complete, the Add Workspace Completed dialog box appears.

4. Click Close. The new workspace is added to the Workspaces list in the EKM Server Administration window and in all other workspace drop-down lists in EKM.

5. After creating the new workspace from the exported workspace:

   1. Go to each application definition in the new workspace and update the application's path to point to the correct application executable.

   2. Update the default remote file servers (Audit Logs, EKM Root Directory) to valid paths for the target EKM server.

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