Bitdefender Client Security is an easy to use business security and management solution, which delivers superior proactive protection from viruses, spyware, rootkits, spam, phishing and other malware. It offers the following components: Bitdefender Management Server (with/without add-on), Bitdefender Local Update Server, Bitdefender Business Client and Bitdefender Management Agent;

If you use several Bitdefender Management Server instances to manage the network, you do not have to configure the security policies separately for each of them. Once you have configured all the necessary policies on a particular Bitdefender Management Server, you can use Export/Import Policies Tool to replicate policies on the other Bitdefender Management Servers;
Export/Import Policies Tool helps you export the policies configured on a specific Bitdefender Management Server instance and import them on other Bitdefender Management Server instances. Only the policy settings are saved, not the client computers and groups they apply to;

 

The policy replication process consists of these main steps:

• Export current policies configured on a specific Bitdefender Management Server instance to a policies file;
• Transfer the policies file to the Bitdefender Management Server computers on which you want to replicate the saved policies. You can also copy the policies file to a network share available to these computers;
• Import the policies from the policies file to the other Bitdefender Management Server instances;
• Assign the imported policies to managed computers and groups, as needed;
  

1. Exporting Policies
To export the current policies of Bitdefender Management Server:
         a)  Open the management console and connect to Bitdefender Management Server;
         b)  On the Tools menu, click Export/Import Policies Tool. A wizard will appear;
         c)  Complete the wizard. You must select Export Policies in the second step of the wizard;




         d)  You can see the current policies defined on Bitdefender Management Server; Select the policies to be exported; To export all policies, select the check box next to the Name column header;
Click Browse and choose where and under what name to save the policies file;
Click Next to export the selected policies;




2. Importing Policies
To import policies to Bitdefender Management Server, follow these steps:
         a)  Open the management console and connect to Bitdefender Management Server;
         b)  On the Tools menu, click Export/Import Policies Tool. A wizard will appear;
         c)  Complete the wizard. You must select Import Policies in the second step of the wizard;




         d)  You must specify the location of the file containing the policies you want to import;
Click Browse, locate and open the policies file with the .pce extension;
Once you open the file, you can see the policies it contains; Select the policies you want to import; To import all policies, select the check box next to the Name column header;
Click Next to import the selected policies;




         Note: The imported policies will merge with (but will not replace) the policies already defined on Bitdefender Management Server; If a current policy has the same name as one of the imported policies, the imported policy will be named differently;

Next, go to the Current Policies pane and assign the imported policies to managed computers and groups, as needed.




Applies to: Bitdefender Client Security (Windows)

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows VISTA, Windows XP

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