Copying objects

From a snapshot to a server

After viewing snapshot contents, you can copy certain objects to a target server. SA allows you to copy directories, files, windows services (state only), IIS Metabase objects, COM+ objects and categories, and Windows Registry keys to a managed server.

You must have write permission on the destination server to be able to copy an object to it. To obtain these permissions, contact your SA Administrator. See the SA 10.51 Administer section for more information on permissions.

In order to copy COM+ rule snapshot results from a snapshot to a server, you must have selected the “Archive all associated files” option when you configured the COM+ rule. Also the COM+ object being copied must not be in use by any application in order for the copy to remediation to work. See Configuring the COM+ rule.

Before you copy these objects over to a managed server, it is important to understand what actually gets copied to or created on the destination server:

• When you select a directory, only the directory will be copied to the destination server, excluding any files in that directory. For example, if dir1 contains file1 and file2, and you select dir1, Audit and Remediation copies only dir1 (not file1 and file2) to the destination server.
• When you select a file and its parent directory does not exist on the destination server, Audit and Remediation will create the directory on and copy the files to the destination server. For example, if you select file1 and dir1 does not exist on the destination server, Audit and Remediation will create dir1 on and copy file1 to the destination server.
• When you copy a Windows Services object, you copy the state of the service, such as started, stopped, paused, and so on. You can select one or more Windows Services objects for a single copy process.
• When you copy a Windows Registry object, you can select one or more registry keys and subkeys for a single copy process.
• ACLs are not copied along with COM+ objects or Microsoft IIS objects to the target server.
• When remediating COM+ objects from snapshot results using copy to, the SA Client does not check the version of the COM+ object, and thus will always copy the object, whether or not there is any difference between them.

To copy an object from a snapshot to a managed server:

1. Open a snapshot. See Viewing snapshots .
2. In the Views pane, select a file system, Windows Services, or a Windows Registry object.
3. In the content pane, select one or more objects that you want to copy.
4. Select Actions > Copy To.
5. In the Select Server window, select a destination server.
   
   Use the search tool to dynamically filter this list by entering a server name, IP address, or operating system.
6. Click Select to copy the object to that managed server or click Cancel to close this window without saving your changes.