Import server profile
About this task
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 a 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 for that particular server or group of servers, the import server profile job fails for those particular servers that do that have server profile. A log message is added in the Activity logs 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 OMIMSSC. To know more about the missing components, see iDRAC’s LifeCycle Log.
You cannot import a server profile after applying the filters. To import server profiles, clear all the applied filters.
- To import server profiles, you must have the iDRAC Enterprise license.
Steps
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Select the servers’ whose profiles you want to import, and click Import from Device Profile drop-down menu.
The Import Server Profile page is displayed. Provide the details, select the Import Server Profile Type you want.
NOTE: A server profile is exported along with the existing RAID configuration. However, you can import the server profile including or excluding the RAID configuration on the server or group of servers. Preserve Data is selected by default and preserves the existing RAID configuration in the server. Clear the check box if you want to apply the RAID settings stored in the server profile.To import the server profile, click Finish.