You use the disaster recovery file to reinstall Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.

The disaster recovery file does not include the server settings. When you reinstall Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, you lose any default server settings that you had previously changed. You can use the exported server properties file to reimport the changed server settings.

You install Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager in a test environment and later install the management server in a production environment. You can import the exported server properties file to the production environment.

You upgrade the management server from a previous version to a newer version, and you need to import all the policies and locations.

You want to export all policies rather than individual policies from one management server to another management server.

See Exporting and importing individual policies.