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Lifecycle Management (LCM) command-line utility
EPMExportAll (EPM_CloneExport.bat) is a ne !racle EPM ("yperion)
##.#.$.% Lifecycle Management (LCM) command-line utility
t&at exports all LCM-enabled artifacts to t&e file
system. 't is ery similar in use and function to t&e Lifecycle
Management *tility
(utility.bat) it& a fe subtle yet +ey differences,
• *nli+e t&e Lifecycle Management *tility (utility.bat)
t&e EPMExportAll utility does not utilie a Migration efinition
/ile to
specify &ic& artifacts you ant to export. 0at&er
t&e EPMExportAll utility grabs all LCM-enabled artifacts by
default 1&et&er you ant t&em or not 1 it&out
specifying a Migration efinition /ile
• Alt&oug& t&e EPMExportAll utility does not
use a Migration efinition /ile it does re2uire a properties file as
input. 3&e
properties file does not come installed so it must be created
and named 4input.properties5 3&e input.properties file
t&enneeds to be populated it& t&e EPM username and
passord to be used by t&e EPMExportAll utility eac& time it
runs
• 3&e EPMExportAll utility does not accept any command-line
arguments. 3&e Lifecycle Management *tility accepts some
command-line arguments t&at can be used to list information
or to specify a base pat&
• 6&ile t&e EPMExportAll utility grabs all LCM-enabled
artifacts it ill not grab any artifacts t&at are not
LCM-enabled (e.g.
Application 7roups ◊ /oundation ◊ eployment
Metadata ◊ 8&ared 8erices 0egistry). 3&e Lifecycle
Management *tility
(utility.bat) ill allo you to select t&ese artifacts
• 3&e EPMExportAll utility is executed by running a file
called 4epm_cloneexport.bat.5 3&is file s&ould be on
t&e /oundation
8erer in t&e Middleare_"ome9user_pro:ects9epmsystem#9bin
directory (t&e file may be on a different serer and
directory depending on &o t&e installation as done).
"ere are instructions on &o t&is utility or+s,
#. !nce you;e located t&e epm_cloneexport.bat file (in
t&e same directory t&at t&e epm_cloneexport.bat file is
in) create a blan+ file
and name it input.properties. !pen t&e input.properties file
and add t&e folloing to lines &ere mylcmusername and
mylcmpassord are t&e 8&ared 8erices credentials for
t&e account t&at you ant t&e utility to use ('mportant
tip, 3&e passord in
t&e input.properties file ill be oerritten it& an
encrypted passord during t&e first run of t&e utility)
< user=mylcmusername
< passord=mylcmpassord
$. 8ae and close t&e input.properties file.
%. /rom a command line cd to t&e directory t&at contains
t&e epm_cloneexport.bat file and run t&e folloing
command,
epm_cloneexport.bat input.properties
>. 6&en completed you s&ould see a message t&at
says, 4Migration 8tatus, 8uccess.5
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?. Exit t&e command indo.
@. 'n 8&ared 8erices under 4/ile 8ystem5 you s&ould no
see a folder called EPM_CloneExport. 3&is folder s&ould
contain all of
t&e LCM-enabled artifacts.
. 'f you go bac+ and open t&e input.properties file it
s&ould no display t&e encrypted passord ('mportant tip, At
t&e time t&at t&is
as ritten t&ere appeared to be a potential bug it&
t&is utility &ereby t&e utility created a sort of
ad-&oc M/ file named
epmexportall.xml and put i t in t&e default /ile 8ystem
location alongside t&e EPM_CloneExport folder. 3&is file
contained t&e
unencrypted ersion of t&e passord from t&e
input.properties file. 3&e file is generated eery time t&e
utility is run. 6e currently&ae a tic+et open it& !racle to
see if t&is is a bug. 'n t&e meantime as a or+-around ' am
running t&e utility in a script and
&aing t&e script delete t&e epmexportall.xml file
after t&e epm_cloneexport.bat completes),
