If you have downloaded the virtual machine and are running NMISTo enable the NMIS import/export functionality, make sure the config item for Open-AudIT is set to y for NMIS integration. Go to Admin -> Config. If the value for nmis is set to n, click it and set it to y. That will enable NMIS integration. Go back to the homepage and you should see both an NMIS icon and a menu bar option called NMIS.
If your server contains installs of both NMIS and Open-AudIT, much of the data transfer is automatedClicking the NMIS icon will spawn another window or tab and take you to the NMIS page.
If you wish to import any devices you have set up in from NMIS into Open-AudIT, in the menu bar, go to NMIS -> Import and Open-Audit will parse the stored NMIS host data from the Nmis.nodes file, import the devices and use SNMP to query them for an initial data set.
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The export script backs up file /usr/local/nmis8/conf/Nodes.nmis to /usr/local/nmis8/config/Nodes.nmis.backup.
If your server contains an Open-AudIT install but not an NMIS install, you can only (at present) export devices from Open-AudIT.
To import devices you will need (at present) to convert the NMIS Nodes.NMIS file into a spreadsheet and import.
Exporting devices is the same as above, however because NMIS is not installed, when you click the Export button a file will be provided to download that will contain the required devices in the format of the Nodes.nmis file that NMIS requires. You can copy this to your NMIS server and/or merge it with an existing file to enable your Open-AudIT devices in NMIS.