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ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles

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SampleWorkflow UseCase:Cloningconfigurationsettingsfrom

aPowerEdgeR730toaPowerEdgeR430

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Thissampleusecaseillustratespropagatingtheconfigurationsettingsfromasourcesystem

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anR730withanH730P

storagecontrollerandanIntelx540networkcard

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toa targetsystem

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anR430,withanH330storagecontrollerand

aBroadcom5720networkcard.Thetablebelowliststhedifferencesbetweenthetwosystems:

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Server_A Server_B

Platform PowerEdgeR730 PowerEdgeR430

Storage

RAIDLevel RAID‐0 RAID‐50

StorageController PERCH730PMini PERCH330Mini

Networking

NetworkInterfaces Intel®GigabitX540/I350rNDC BroadcomGigabitEthernetBCM5720

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ExportTemplateClonefromtheR730,calltheresultingSCPfile01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml

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winrm i ExportSystemConfiguration http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";FileName="01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml";ShareName="work

share";ShareType="2";Username="user";Password="pwd";ExportUse="1"}

Execute

Preview

operationontheR430using‘01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml’.Waitforthejobtocomplete

usingtheGetJobStatuscommand.Jobcompleteswithmessage‘PreviewofsystemconfigurationXMLfile

completed.Someconfigurationchangesmaynotbe successful.’

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winrm i ImportSystemConfigurationPreview http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -

a:basic @{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";ShareName="/nfs";ShareType="0";

FileName="01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml"}

AssumingJID_18640978164istheJIDreturned:

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winrm g "http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob?InstanceID=JID_186409478164+ cimnamespace=root/dcim" -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck