Question about adding a discovery range from the OME 2.1 PowerShell CLI

Question

The background is that I'm working on a script to automatically add new hosts to Dell OME when a corresponding computer account shows up in AD so that I don't have to scan 200 Class C IP ranges that span the globe.  I've got a copy of the Profile.xml from the CLI guide and trying to add a server to it through the Powershell snapin on the server.  I'm getting this error and wasn't sure If anyone else has run into it before.  Any thoughts on the cause? PS C:	emp> Add-DiscoveryRange -Profile c:	emp\DellOMEProfile.xml -range 172.30.12.230-230 Add-DiscoveryRange -Profile c:	emp\DellOMEProfile.xml -range 172.30.12.230-230Range is 172.30.12.230-230Profile is c:	emp\DellOMEProfile.xmlAdd-DiscoveryRange : Sequence contains no elementsAt line:1 char:19+ Add-DiscoveryRange <<<< -Profile c:	emp\DellOMEProfile.xml -range 172.30.12.230-230 + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-DiscoveryRange], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,A.cc6f8a26f8cf06cfdd2a9058cdbf2fe4a

DELL-Amit Y · Answer

Hi,

Above command looks fine. Can you please try these

1. Check whether path of profile xml is correct maybe some typos are there.

2. Give the folder path in double quotes.

Alternatively OpenManage Essentials carries own discovery profile xml which is present at C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\Essentials\Tools\CLI (default location) or wherever it is installed. You can use that too.

Let us know the behavior then. Hope it helps

Dell OpenManage Essentials

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