RE: PowerTool Backup-Ucs cmdlet issue

RE: New Message from Neville George in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Micr

2013-03-06T19:43:18Z

Neville, The cmdlet is: Add-UcsServiceProfile –Type initial-template Or: Add-UcsServiceProfile –Type updating-template When in doubt, please use the ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet cmdlet to dump GUI operations as cmdlets. Please ensure that you follow the process outlined in the QuickStart guide when launching the GUI, when used with this cmdlet. Thanks, - bhaskar From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 1:08 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Neville George in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Microsoft Discussions: UCS Service Profile Template creation Neville George has created a new message in the forum "Microsoft Discussions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Has anyone created a service profile template using the powertool? I could not find a cmdlet or an example that shows how to perform the task. I have automated most of the steps for Cisco UCS configuration but am missisng this piece. Any help is appreciated. -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from tbenne13.jhmi.edu (simulated) in Unified Computing UCS

2012-10-25T18:34:15Z

Tim, Where is the template and where are you trying to add it too ? This will work, assuming you have 1 SP template named “template” in org-root and you are trying to create an instance in org-root/org-CVS: Get-UcsServiceProfile -Name template | Add-UcsServiceProfileFromTemplate -NewName templateInstance –DestinationOrg (Get-UcsOrg –Level root | Get-UcsOrg -Name CVS -LimitScope) Thanks, - bhaskar From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:33 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from tbenne13.jhmi.edu (simulated) in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Microsoft Discussions: Add-UcsServiceProfileFromTemplate 'org-root' is an unexpected token tbenne13.jhmi.edu (simulated) has created a new message in the forum "Microsoft Discussions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I am trying to run the command Add-UcsServiceProfileFromTemplate the DestinationOrg is a child of root named CVS. I always get the same error "Add-UcsServiceProfileFromTemplate : MTWDAVDC2UCSN4:'org-root' is an unexpected token." for the parameter -DestinationOrg I have used -DestinationOrg 'org-root' , -DestinationOrg (get-ucsorg -Name "org-root"), -DestinationOrg (get-ucsorg -Name "CVS"), -DestinationOrg (Get-UcsOrg -Level root). Running the cmdlet get-ucsorg returns PS C:\> get-ucsorg Descr : Level : root Name : root Dn : org-root Rn : org-root Status : XtraProperty : {} Ucs : "MYUCS" Descr : Cloud Level : 1 Name : CVS Dn : org-root/org-CVS Rn : org-CVS Status : XtraProperty : {} Ucs : "MYUCS" If i don't use the --DestinationOrg parameter it returns the same result. Has nayone successfully used the Add-UcsServiceProfileFromTemplate? Any help on this error is appreciated. thanks, tim -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Monsanto VMware Support in Unified Computing UCS Manag

2012-09-17T20:23:40Z

Gary, Are you using Authentication Domains ? Can you paste the output of Connect-Ucs, run with the –Xml parameter ? PowerTool works with AD authentication. We need to figure out the exact issue in your setup. Thanks, - bhaskar From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:48 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Monsanto VMware Support in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Technical Discussions: Powertool connection to UCS via AD? Monsanto VMware Support has created a new message in the forum "Technical Discussions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm connecting to some of our UCS pods with PowerTool. 3 of them are configured to authenticate wit TACACS and one is configured with AD authentication. I'm not able to use Powertool to connect to the pod that requires AD authentication. It prompts for credentials, then returns this message: Connect-Ucs : Connect-Ucs: Connection to fistlucs05 Failed. At line:1 char:12 + connect-ucs <<<< fistlucs05 + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-Ucs], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Cisco.Ucs.Cmdlets.ConnectUcs Is there a way to get Powertool to connect with AD authentication? We don't want to set up the fourth pod to use TACACS because we're moving toward AD for our newer pods. thanks, Gary -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: Booting a service profile?

2012-07-17T21:12:57Z

PS C:\> Get-UcsCmdletMeta -ClassId LsPower -Tree LsServer (UcsServiceProfile) (Get, Add, Set, Remove) |-LsPower (UcsServerPower) (Get, Set) PS C:\> $sp = Get-UcsOrg –Level root | Get-UcsServiceProfile –Name foobar –LimitScope | Set-UcsServerPower –State admin-up Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: New Message from Dilip panwar in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Techni

2012-07-12T05:17:14Z

Unfortunately no. In earlier versions of UCS we used to be “forgiving” of unknown attributes and managed objects. Not anymore. Thanks, - bhaskar From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:28 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Dilip panwar in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Technical Discussions: RE: Compatibility between XML API for UCS 1.4 and UCS 2.0 Dilip panwar has created a new message in the forum "Technical Discussions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the info Bhaskar.. Is there any direct way through XML API to do it? -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: Compatibility between XML API for UCS 1.4 and UCS 2.0

2012-07-12T04:48:14Z

Purvi, You can user PowerTool's Compare-UcsManagedObject & Sync-UcsManagedObject to achieve this. These cmdlets use the schema data to filter out inapplicable MOs and properties when a MO is copied from one system to another. You need to be certain about the semantics of such filtering, before you apply these changes. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: New Message from Abhishek Lahiri in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Mic

2012-07-04T11:58:14Z

Please use: ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet –Verbose In 0.9.8.0, the –GuiLog is considered by default. Thanks, - bhaskar From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 5:26 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Abhishek Lahiri in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Microsoft Discussions: ConvertTo-UCSCmdlet - Error - any idea? Abhishek Lahiri has created a new message in the forum "Microsoft Discussions": -------------------------------------------------------------- PS C:\> ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet -GuiLog -Verbose ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified name d parameters. At line:1 char:21 + ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet <<<< -GuiLog -Verbose + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet], Para meterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,Cisco.Ucs.Cmdlets.ConvertToUcsCmdlet -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: question regarding the Overall Status of blade in the UCS manager GUI

2012-06-07T11:53:22Z

computeBlade's OperState. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: Question regarding XML API

2012-06-07T11:50:51Z

Yes .. that is correct. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: New Message from James Shen in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Microsof

2012-05-17T03:39:53Z

James, The snippet generated by ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet is the most relevant sequence to issue soft-shut-down to an associated service profile. What exactly is the operation you are trying to do ? Get-UcsBlade -Chassis 1 | Get-UcsServiceProfile | SetUcsServerPower -State "soft-shut-down" does not map to MIT/MO model well. Thanks, - bhaskar From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:09 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from James Shen in Unified Computing UCS Manager - Microsoft Discussions: How to Gracefully shutdown all servers in a chassis James Shen has created a new message in the forum "Microsoft Discussions": -------------------------------------------------------------- What would be the most efficient way to do this ? The output of "ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet" generated the following for the blade in 1/8 Get-UcsOrg -Level root | Get-UcsOrg -Name "ESX" -LimitScope | Get-UcsServiceProfile -Name "ESX-1-8" -LimitScope | Get-UcsServerPower | Set-UcsServerPower -State "soft-shut-down" I would imagine this should be something like this with pipelining : Get-UcsBlade -Chassis 1 | Get-UcsServiceProfile | SetUcsServerPower -State "soft-shut-down" Thanks James S -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: 0.9.8 Install directory

2012-05-09T23:03:22Z

Kevin, We do not add the modules to the PowerShell\v1.0\Modules\ directory, but in a custom directories. In 0.9.8.0, we added the "Modules" part of the directory and we update the $env:PSModulePath. So, you could just open a PowerShell window and do: Import-Module CiscoUcsPS Earlier, with 0.9.7.0 you would have had to say: Import-Module C:\Program Files\Cisco\Cisco UCS PowerTool\CiscoUcsPS\CiscoUcsPS,dll Hope that clarifies. Let us know if you have further questions. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: Connect-UCS error

2012-05-09T22:59:49Z

Murali, The usage is correct. [font=Courier New] PS C:\> $user = "admin" PS C:\> $password = "xxxxxx" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force PS C:\> $cred = New-Object system.Management.Automation.PSCredential($user, $password) PS C:\> $handle1 = Connect-Ucs ucs-pod01 -NotDefault -Credential $cred PS C:\> $handle1 Proxy : Cookie : 1336603486/a363c4f7-e9ce-4d27-85d8-88d3e7e3dfb7 Domains : LastUpdateTime : 5/9/2012 2:56:18 PM Name : ucs-pod01 NoSsl : False NumPendingConfigs : 0 NumWatchers : 0 Port : 443 Priv : {admin, read-only} RefreshPeriod : 600 SessionId : web_43234_B TransactionInProgress : False Ucs : ucs-pod01 Uri : https://ucs-pod01 UserName : admin VirtualIpv4Address : 10.65.124.81 Version : 2.0(0.121) WatchThreadStatus : None PS C:\> [/font] Can you check with the Uri ? Also check with the -Xml option to see what the error is. Let us know if you continue to have issues. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: Applying changes to Service Profiles in a specific Sub-Organization

2012-04-27T14:22:57Z

Matt, OrgOrg is a Managed Object that represents an organization. You need to get a handle to the sub-org. Say you have an org org-root/org-a/org-b, you should do: $org = Get-UcsOrg -Level root | Get-UcsOrg -Name a -LimitScope | Get-UcsOrg -Name b -LimitScope You need the -LimitScope to ensure that you do not pick up an org name "a" anywhere lower in the hierarchy. Now use $org with the required cmdlets ... like: Get-UcsServiceProfile -Org $org ... etc. We support a convenient transforms as can be seen below: Get-UcsServiceProfile -Org a/b Get-UcsServiceProfile -Org org-a/org-b Get-UcsServiceProfile -Org org-root/org-a/org-b Text transforms are convenient, but it is not the same thing as fetching a real MO, since the MO has the Ucs information embedded in it. Do let us know if you need any more information. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: PowerTool: How to reset all vNICs stats at one time?

2012-04-10T07:58:51Z

Tsu-Sheng, We do not have a custom cmdlet to do this and plan to introduce one shortly. Meanwhile, you can try the following workaround: [font=Courier New]Function ClearStats() { param( [parameter(Mandatory=${true})][Cisco.Ucs.ManagedObject]${mo} ) $dn = New-Object "Cisco.Ucs.Dn" $dn.Value = $mo.Dn; $dnSet = New-Object "Cisco.Ucs.DnSet" $dnSet.AddChild($dn); [Cisco.Ucs.MethodFactory]::StatsClearInterval($mo.GetHandle(), $dnSet, $null) }[/font] Sample Usage: [font=Courier New]Get-UcsEtherTxStats | % { ClearStats $_ } [/font] Essentially, you need to pass the statistics object in which *Max,*Min,*Avg values need to be cleared to the ClearStats function. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: PowerTool: Authenticating to multiple systems in an XML credential file

2012-04-09T13:46:08Z

Matt, When you use the -LiteralPath option to select a credential file, Connect-Ucs will attempt to log into all the systems specified in the file. One cannot select individual systems within it. "Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters." is a PowerShell error, indicating that the combination of parameters specified cannot be used (as expected in this case). Please ensure that you have specified: Set-UcsPowerToolConfiguration -SupportMultipleDefaultUcs $true when you are trying to log into multiple systems. Without this, only the first login will go through and the rest are not allowed by configuration. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: Powertool - how to import config backup file

2012-04-09T13:36:03Z

Hiroshi, With Powertool 0.9.7.0, Import-UcsBackup is the cmdlet you are looking for to restore backups other than a full-state backup. The Import-UcsBackup cmdlet uploads the backup file to UCS and triggers the import of the backup. If the -Merge flag is specified, UCS will try to merge the configuration, instead of just replacing it with the backup. Thanks, - bhaskar

RE: PowerTool Backup-Ucs cmdlet issue

2012-03-28T14:25:15Z

Jason, The Backup-Ucs cmdlet is designed to substitute some variables like ${ucs} and DateTime format specifiers in the PathPattern with the corresponding values. If you use a double-quote, the variables will be interpreted by PowerShell. If you want to use a variable, you can do the following: PS C:\> del C:\work\Backups\*.xml PS C:\> $myBackupPath="C:\work\Backups" PS C:\> Backup-Ucs -Type config-all -PathPattern ($myBackupPath + '\${ucs}-${yyyy}${MM}${dd}-config-all.xml') AdminState : disabled Descr : Hostname : bjayakri-wxp201203281849 Job : immediate Name : PostAction : remove PreservePooledValues : no Proto : http Pwd : RemoteFile : C:\work\Backups\bgl-samc03-20120328-config-all.xml Type : config-all User : Dn : sys/backup-bjayakri-wxp201203281849 Rn : backup-bjayakri-wxp201203281849 Status : Ucs : bgl-samc03 PS C:\> dir C:\work\Backups Directory: C:\work\Backups Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 3/28/2012 6:49 PM 25665 bgl-samc03-20120328-config-all.xml PS C:\> PowerTool 0.9.7.0 was released yesterday and has a lot of interesting & useful additions. Give it a try. Thanks, - bhaskar