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3/6/13 7:38 PM
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.
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3/6/13 7:43 PM as a reply to Neville George.
Neville,

The cmdlet is:
Add-UcsServiceProfile –Type initial-template <other parameters>
Or:
Add-UcsServiceProfile –Type updating-template <other parameters>

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



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RE: UCS Service Profile Template creation
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3/6/13 9:04 PM as a reply to Bhaskar Jayakrishnan.
Fantastic. This is great. I used the Add-UcsServiceProfile previously for creating Service Profiles from template but glad to know that it will suffice for the templates too. 
The Convertto-UCSCmdlet is great but I cannot find which QuickStart guide you are referring to. I found the Powertool User Guid at the following link (http://developer.cisco.com/web/unifiedcomputing/pshell-download) but it did not mention anything on how to get it working successfully. 
I tried copying XML from the GUI to a file and running ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet -Xml –LiteralPath "$outputFilePath\1.xml"
It completed successfully with the output (WARNING: Please review the generated cmdlets before deployment) but there were no cmdlets in the output. Could you point me to the Quick start guide? Or if there is anything obvious I am missing. 
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RE: UCS Service Profile Template creation
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3/6/13 9:14 PM as a reply to Neville George.
I tried a simple script
############
$invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation).Value
$outputFilePath = Split-Path $invocation.MyCommand.Path
ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet -Xml -Request ' <orgOrg childAction="deleteNonPresent" descr="" dn="org-root/org-Test" fltAggr="0" level="1" name="Test"  > <powerPolicy childAction="deleteNonPresent" descr=""  intId="486088" name="default" operPrio="5" prio="5" rn="power-policy-default" /> <statsThresholdPolicy childAction="deleteNonPresent" descr=""  intId="486087" name="default" rn="thr-policy-default" /> </orgOrg>'
############
Output is just the below with nothing else:
WARNING: Please review the generated cmdlets before deployment.
 
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RE: UCS Service Profile Template creation
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3/6/13 11:03 PM as a reply to Neville George.
Neville George:
Fantastic. This is great. I used the Add-UcsServiceProfile previously for creating Service Profiles from template but glad to know that it will suffice for the templates too. 
The Convertto-UCSCmdlet is great but I cannot find which QuickStart guide you are referring to. I found the Powertool User Guid at the following link (http://developer.cisco.com/web/unifiedcomputing/pshell-download) but it did not mention anything on how to get it working successfully. 
I tried copying XML from the GUI to a file and running ConvertTo-UcsCmdlet -Xml –LiteralPath "$outputFilePath\1.xml"
It completed successfully with the output (WARNING: Please review the generated cmdlets before deployment) but there were no cmdlets in the output. Could you point me to the Quick start guide? Or if there is anything obvious I am missing. 

 
Neville:
WHen would you be available to have a webex, as it might be easiest to help you that way.  Feel free to reach out to me directly at ericwill@cisco.com
Thanks,
Eric
 
 
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