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Protection of Objects During Import and
Export 
A protection mechanism during the export and import process prevents you from overwriting portal system objects and initial content provided by SAP (objects in namespace com.sap.portals and com.sap.km) with obsolete versions.
· At export: System objects and content objects with the namespace prefixes com.sap.portals* or com.sap.km* are automatically excluded from the export package and therefore not exported. PAR archives are not usually included in the export.
· At import: If there are content objects with the namespace prefix com.sap.portals* or com.sap.km* in a package, they are automatically excluded from the import.
File pcdStartUp.installer.properties is delivered with the appropriate values for the Portal Content Directory (PCD) configuraiton to ensure this protection mechanism.
The following parameters are relevant:
Parameter |
Value |
Pcd.TransportApplication.Export.ExcludeSystemObjects |
true |
Pcd.TransportApplication.ProtectedNamespaces |
com.sap.portal, com.sap.km |

Do not change these values in file pcdStartUp.installer.properties.
For information about configuring the
PCD, see also
Configuration Files
for the PCD.