Users Guide

– Once every 2 weeks—select to export the server prole once every two weeks.
– Once every 4 weeks—select to export the server prole once every four weeks.
Importing server prole
You can import a server prole that was previously exported for that same server, or group of servers. Importing server prole is useful in
restoring the conguration and rmware of a server to a state stored in the prole.
About this task
You can import server proles in two ways:
• Quick import server prole—allows you to automatically import the latest exported server prole for that server. You need not select
individual server proles for each of the servers for this operation.
• Custom import server prole—allows you to import server proles for each of the individually selected servers. For example, if
exporting server prole is scheduled, and the server prole is exported every day, this feature allows you to select a specic server
prole that is imported from the list of server proles available in the protection vault of that server.
Import server prole notes:
• You can import a server prole from a list of exported server proles for that server only. You cannot import the same server proles for
dierent servers or server groups. If you try to import server prole of another server or server group, the import server prole job fails.
• If a server prole image is not available for a particular server or group of servers, and an import server prole job is attempted for that
particular server or group of servers, the import server prole job fails for those particular servers that do that have server prole. A log
message is added in the Activity logs with the details of the failure.
• After exporting a server prole, if any component is removed from the server, and then an import prole 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 prole after applying the lters. To import server proles, clear all the applied lters.
• To import server proles, you must have the iDRAC Enterprise license.
Steps
1 In OMIMSSC, under Maintenance Center, select the servers’ whose proles you want to import, and click Import from Device Prole
drop-down menu.
The Import Server Prole page is displayed.
2 Provide the details, select the Import Server Prole Type you want.
NOTE
: A server prole is exported along with the existing RAID conguration. However, you can import the server
prole including or excluding the RAID conguration on the server or group of servers. Preserve Data is selected by
default and preserves the existing RAID conguration in the server. Clear the check box if you want to apply the RAID
settings stored in the server prole.
3 To import the server prole, click Finish.
Applying rmware and conguration settings on
replaced component
The part replacement feature automatically updates a replaced server component to the required rmware version or the conguration of
the old component, or both. The update occurs automatically when you reboot the server after replacing the component.
About this task
To set the congurations for part replacement:
Steps
1 In OMIMSSC, click Maintenance Center, select the servers or group of servers, and then click Part Replacement.
NOTE
: The option name expands to Congure Part Replacement when you hover over to Part Replacement.
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