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Migrate Event Log Manager Monitoring Plans

Question​

How to migrate a monitoring plan for Event Log Manager (ELM) to a different server?

Answer​

On your prior Netwrix Auditor server​

  1. Copy the folders located in %Working Folder%\Event Log Management\Rules\. Each folder represents a single monitoring plan in Event Log Manager.

  2. Export the Event Log Manager tasks from Task Scheduler:

    1. Open your Task Scheduler either via the Search bar or taskschd.msc in the Run command window.
    2. Locate all tasks related to Event Log Manager. They will have the following line in the description under the General tab:
    Starts Netwrix Auditor data collection on Event Log for '%monitoring_plan_name%'
    1. To export a task, right-click a task and click Export. Perform these steps for all tasks.

On your new Netwrix Auditor server​

  1. Create a monitoring plan in Event Log Manager using the name of the prior monitoring plan.

  2. Copy the folder from your prior server to the new one to %Working Folder%\Event Log Management\Rules\.

  3. Import the tasks for Task Scheduler:

    1. On your new server, open Task Scheduler, and click Action in the top row > Import....
    2. Select the previously exported tasks and import them to your new server.