HP Device Manager 4.6 - Automated Device Importer

Overview
The purpose of this document is to demonstrate how to use the Automated Device Importer in HPDM. The Automated
Device Importer is a special feature integrated within the HPDM Console. The importer parses all files in a specified folder to
find all devices and to import them into HPDM.
Preparation
HPDM preparation
1. Create a user in the HPDM Console and assign them to the Administrators group.
Input file preparation
1. Create a folder containing some text files.
2. The file names are used as manual group folder, up to three levels. A file name that does not contain a “_” leads
devices to the default manual group, or others.
A. For example, A_B_C_D.txt adds devices to the manual group B/C/D.
B. Book1.csv adds devices to the default manual group (others).
3. Split the columns with either a “;” or a “,” character.
4. The columns must be in the following order:
hostname Mac Type sn OS gw
5. The hostname and MAC columns are required.
A. MAC is used as unique device ID. Entries in the formats AABBCCDDEEFF or AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF are both accepted.
B. HPDM can send a task to rename a device if the hostname of the registered device in the database differs from
the hostname assigned to the device in the input file. You can disable this function by clearing the check box in the
options panel.
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