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IDP bulk update rack information

Solved57 views1 day agoIDP rack layout
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Steve Purcell [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]2.16K 2 days ago 0 Comments

We are adding IDP to an existing multi-site system with around 1,250 elements.  What is the most efficient way to add the CI and rack information to the elements?  Or do we have to do each element individually.

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Jan-Klaas Kesteloot [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]1.46K Posted 2 days ago 1 Comment

Here's a breakdown of steps 👇

  1. Initial State
    The 1,250 elements will appear as Unmanaged Inventory under Inventory > Unmanaged.
  2. Enable Management with IDP
    • Define CI Types for these elements.
    • The easiest way: automatically generate CI Types from connectors.
      • Navigate to Admin > CI Types > Overview.
      • Click Generate, select the relevant connectors, and confirm.
    • After generation, return to Inventory > Unmanaged and click Refresh.
      • The Detected CI Type column will now show the CI Types.
    • Select the elements you want to manage and click Manage.
  3. Assign Rack Information
    • Option 1: Manual assignment
      • Go to Admin > Facilities > Racks.
      • Select multiple elements and click Assign.
    • Option 2: Automated assignment from CSV
      • Create a Rack Assignment script to read rack data from the CSV and update IDP.
      • Configure this script on the CI Types.
      • Execute via Admin > Facilities > Auto Assign.
        • Select multiple elements and assign them to racks in bulk.
      • An example script is included with IDP: IDP_Example_Custom_RackAssignment in the Automation module.
Steve Purcell [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 1 day ago
Steve Purcell [SLC] [DevOps Advocate] commented 1 day ago

Thank you Jan-Klaas, sounds like what we are looking for.

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