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I would like to get configuration from Dell iDRAC 9 and save it somewhere. So that new similar hardware can be configured remotely and automatically.

I was able to get some configurations via racadm.exe as XML file but could not import it to another system.

Or is there any other way that I can solve this problem?

Dave M
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CanBuyukburc
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    Could you please detail the problem you're encontering when importing the profile ? Also, have a look at this whitepaper that covers import/export of XML server profile http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-4491-00-00-20-26-95-86/Configuration-XML-Workflows.pdf – sfk Jul 27 '18 at 08:41
  • If you don't plan to use an automatoed process to collect/deploy XML profile of some sort, I would suggest looking at OpenManage Enterprise (or OpenManage Essential) to do that but the feature you're looking at requires a idrac license. – sfk Jul 27 '18 at 08:44
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    Idrac license is not the problem in this case. We wish to use an automated process thats why we plan to do it. In the mean time I was able to do somethings.it looks like this `racadm -r -u root -p get -f -t xml --clone` to download config as xml and `racadm -r -u root -p set -f -t xml` to upload correct config. This requieres same hardware to be same/similar – CanBuyukburc Jul 27 '18 at 12:02
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    This is what `-clone` is ment for: an exact clone for the source host to the new host (in case the original host has failed for example). If you just need to get a template to propagate some setting to other hosts, do not use clone option. Also, keep in mind that you can edit the XML file and just keep the specific settings you want to deploy on new servers. – sfk Jul 27 '18 at 13:36

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