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Title	How to import configuration into new installation

URL Name	How-to-import-configuration-into-new-installation

Article Number	000111779

Environment	Product: OpenEdge Version: 11.7.x, 12.x OS: All supported platforms Other: Configutil

Question/Problem Description

How can export zip files be imported?

How to re-import configuration files into new installation.

How to restore export zip files created when uninstalling a previous OpenEdge instance?
How to restore configurations created with configutil export

How to restore the configuration from an export zip file into a new installation?

How to use configutil to import a backed up configuration archive?

How to use configutil to import an export zip file?

Steps to Reproduce

Clarifying Information

When uninstalling OpenEdge, the option to save the current configuration in the working directory is available (WRKDIR/backup) by executing the command: configutil export.
Selecting this option results in a file named export<timestamp>.zip, where <timestamp> uses the format YYMMDDhhmmss.
For example:

proenv>configutil export
Configurations successfully exported at location: C:\Progress\OE122\wrk\backup\export250326152134.zip

Error Message

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Enhancement Number

Cause

Resolution

To import an OpenEdge Configuration export zip file generated after uninstalling OpenEdge or explicitly with CONFIGUTIL

Start a PROENV prompt and execute the CONFIGUTIL import command:

$ configutil import -backupfile <path>\export200519185625.zip

For further information about the configutil utility and its options, refer to:

Install OpenEdge > Manage Installation Configurations
https://docs.progress.com/bundle/openedge-install/page/Manage-Installation-Configurations.html

Workaround

Notes

Progress Article:

Migrating Progress versions, can existing conmgr.properties and ubroker.properties be used in the migrated version?

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Last Modified Date	3/28/2025 9:27 AM

How to import configuration into new installation

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