Using the fglide bundle would make your life a lot easier, since it lets you bundle up, save off, and reload rules, derived metrics, registry variables, dashboards, custom reports, etc. all in a nice neat package, without using the command line.

It also makes version control easy, so you can develop on a test box, package up a new version, and then load it onto prod FMS boxes once it's ready to go.

http://fglide.apmcentral.org

Thanks for the info on the export/import of the custom dashboards. I’m still tweaking a couple of items. But I first made a module of the items I needed,reports and metrics used. The items talked about by Phil Feinberg.

http://communities.quest.com/community/vfoglight?view=blog

Then used the fglide to make a cartridge. So far so good. But still testing. ,,,al

I wasn't aware you could export custom reports using the fglide and don't see it in the list when clicking on "add elements". That would be something I will need to look into.

Al - You can export/import all of your custom dashboards using the method you describe.  We export daily for DR purposes using a shell script launched with a cron job.

Thanks for fixing this in the latest version.