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November 24th, 2020 04:00
iDRAC 8 (v2.70.70.70) with Enterprise License - Server Profile export creates binary XML file
I was able to successfully export the iDRAC configuration to an XML file.
However the XML file appears to be in binary and therefore unreadable.
With IE and Firefox, I can't open it either.
Does anyone have any idea what's wrong? I'd like to to be able to export the current config
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DELL-Shine K
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November 24th, 2020 21:00
Can you try downloading the file to a local share using remote racadm command. Syntax will be below
racadm -r 100.97.129.216 -u root -p calvin get -f c:\host.xml -t xml --replace
Above command will download server configuration file to local drive c:
You can download iDRAC Tools which have remote racadm software from below location
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=2v013&oscode=wst14&productcode=poweredge-r730xd
DELL-Shine K
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November 24th, 2020 07:00
server profile is an image file which consist of configuration and firmware images of various server components. This is an image (not xml) file and can not be opened in browser or notepad. You can find more details of this feature in below link.
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-r730/idrac8_2.70.70.70_ug/backing-up-server-profile?guid=guid-cab6781c-4c6c-483e-867b-bae3941c5456&lang=en-us
If you need xml file of all server configuration you can download server configuration profile from iDRAC. This can be done using racadm get command with -t xml option. You can find more details on this command from below link
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-r730/idrac8_2.70.70.70_racadm/get?guid=guid-bc993de1-9bde-45fb-a45b-59aefd59693f&lang=en-us
winsoso
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November 24th, 2020 08:00
Yes, 10.163.73.211 is the CIFS Server and iDRAC_backup is the name of the share which is also the root folder. As that didn't work, I created a sub-folder under \\10.153.83.211\iDRAC_backup called "backup". But that didn't make a difference either.
winsoso
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November 24th, 2020 08:00
Thanks for the response.
This doesn't appear to be working. It says "SYS045: Unable to copy the Server Configuration Profile to the network share" which is confusing. The iDRAC UI is able dump the file using the "server profile" in the remote CIFS Share using the same username/password. I tried with multiple combinations.
DELL-Shine K
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November 24th, 2020 08:00
Ensure in -l option you are using CIFS share IP address and share name. -f option will be the name of the file exported. In your command is iDRAC_backup is share name on the CIFS folder? We typically see the error you mentioned when share name is not given properly
E.g.
To export SCP to CIFS share root folder. Here 1.2.3.4 is CIFS share IP address and Share is the Share name
racadm get -f scpFile.xml -t xml -u -p -l //1.2.3.4/Share --replace
To export SCP to CIFS share sub folder. Here 1.2.3.4 is CIFS share IP address, Share is the Share name and subfolder is folder under CIFS Share root folder
racadm get -f scpFile.xml -t xml -u -p -l //1.2.3.4/Share/subfolder --replace
winsoso
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November 24th, 2020 23:00
The remote racadm works. Thank you for your help.