Dell EMC OpenManage Python Software Development Kit Version 1.1 API Reference Guide

The following section informs about import and export server configuration profiles.

Export server configuration profile

You can export Server Configuration Profile (SCP) with various components such as iDRAC, BIOS, NIC, RAID together or with one of these components. You can export SCP from iDRAC to a local or a network shared location. For shared location, make sure that a network share path is established. While exporting SCP to Network File System (NFS) or (CIFS) share, provide the IP address of the network share where the exported file needs to reside in the share_name parameter.

idrac.config_mgr.scp_export(): Method used to export the system configuration.

synchronous : When the status is synchronous, the server tracks end to end job completion providing the message ID or job ID, status of the job and completion of the job.

asynchronous - In asynchronous status the job in the server returns the iob ID and result of the job.

job_wait = True|False. Use the job_mgr APIs to wait for the job to complete or get status.

Export modes are Clone or Replace. Clone mode exported SCP can be imported into another device. If you have to replicate the SCP to another systems, you should use export in Clone mode. If you are using the replace mode, then it would retire the entire server.

While exporting you can export to a template %ip_%D%M%Y_%H%S.xml.

Import server configuration profile

You can import the Server Configuration Profile (SCP) which was previously exported for that same server, or group of servers. Importing SCP is useful in restoring the configuration of the server to the state stored in the profile. You can import SCP from a local or a remote share to iDRAC. For a remote share, make sure that a network share path and the file name are available.

idrac.config_mgr.scp_import(): Method used to import the system configuration.