The export/import feature is designed to use as a tool for replicating the OS Build Plan content of a single master appliance to other appliances. The feature exports ALL of the user-defined Build Plans including all of the steps (which can include scripts and configuration files) inside those Build Plans to a single export file. The export file is in .zip format. The file can then be imported to other appliances so that those appliances have access to the same Build Plans. The feature currently only supports a full export, and not the exporting of individual items. And you cannot export the Hewlett Packard Enterprise provided Build Plans, only the user-defined Build Plans.

Currently there is no GUI available to either do the export or import. Instead, two specialized REST calls have been created to accomplish these tasks. For complete details, see the Insight Control server provisioning Administrator Guide, Advanced topics chapter, “REST call to export customer content” and “REST call to import customer content” sections.