How to use exportdefcal utility to export the calendars from the Control-M Enterprise Manager Database?

Please refer to the Control-M Workload Automation Utilities Guide for more information regarding exportdefcal.

1.     Copy the below contents under "Additional Information" to a file.
    Replace "<Control-M Server Data Center Name>" with your Control-M Server Data Center Name
    For example,
    <PARAM NAME="DATACENTER" OP="EQ" VALUE="<Control-M Server Data Center Name>"/>
    To
    <PARAM NAME="DATACENTER" OP="EQ" VALUE="ctmserver"/>

2.     Execute this command to export the calendar
    exportdefcal -u <EM User> -p <EM Pass> -s <GUI Server Name> -arg <Full Path to Arg File> -out <Full Path to Output File>

    For example,
    Argurment File: C:\temp\arg_file.xml
    Output File: C:\temp\cal.out

    This is the result:

    exportdefcal -u emuser -p password -s gsrname -arg C:\temp\arg_file.xml -out C:\temp\cal.out
    7 calendars were exported.
    Writing calendars to file C:\temp\cal.out

2.     Modify the calendar output file as required.

3.     Import the calendars using
    defcal u <EM User> -p <EM Pass> -s <GUI Server Name> -src <Full Path to source file>

    For example,
    defcal -u emuser -p password -s gsrname -src C:\temp\cal.out

    This will import all the updated calendars to the Control-M Enterprise Manager database.

Please be aware that the command is case sensitive, so all values must match exactly as defined in the corresponding environment.

Additional Information:

arg_file.xml format 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TERMS SYSTEM "terms.dtd">
<TERMS>
<TERM>
<PARAM NAME="DATACENTER" OP="EQ" VALUE="<Control-M Server Data Center Name>"/>
</TERM>
</TERMS>


Note: This utility should not be used to export and import to a newer version of Control-M (upgrade) or a version of Control-M with a different fix pack.  The import should be done on a Control-M machine with the same version and fix pack.   The calendar definitions change from fix packs or versions and importing can cause problems with the data or corruption.

Here is a video on how to export calendars: