Importing server profile
You can import a server profile which was previously exported for that same server, or group of servers. Importing server profile is useful when the server’s image is corrupt. In such cases, you can replace the server profile on that server, or group of servers by importing a previously exported server profile of that server or group of servers.
You can import server profiles in two ways:
- Quick import server profile—allows you to automatically import the latest exported server profile for that server. You need not select individual server profiles for each of the servers for this operation.
- Custom import server profile—allows you to import server profiles for each of the individually selected servers. For example, if exporting server profile is scheduled, and the server profile is exported every day, this feature allows you to select a specific server profile that is imported from the list of server profiles available in the protection vault of that server.
Import server profile notes:
You can import a server profile from the list of exported server profiles for that server only. You cannot import the same server profiles for different servers or server groups. If you try to import server profile of another server or server group, the import server profile job fails.
If a server profile image is not available for a particular server or group of servers, and an import server profile job is attempted, the import server profile job is not skipped. A log message is displayed in the Activity log with the details of the failure.
After exporting a server profile, if any component is removed from the server, and then an import profile job is started, all the components information are restored except the missing component information is skipped. This information is not available in the activity log of DLCI for SC2012 VMM. To know more about the missing components refer to iDRAC’s LifeCycle Log.