HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 68)

reason is a typographical error in the text file, such as "o" instead of zero in a name, or the device may be
gone permanently. Remove erroneous names using the mxnode -r name command. Perform another import
with just the corrected names in a smaller text file.
Sometimes, the device name really refers to a Complex or Npartition. In this case, find out what the official
complex name is on one of its nodes using the parstatus command. If this complex does not already show
up in the orphan list, add it by adding one of the member nodes to HPSIM via the mxnode -a name
command. Often, complexes are the only item in a rack. In this case, remove the erroneous name, replace
the old name in the text file
DatacentreID:Lab5
Row:6
RackName:CentralAmerica, PositionRow:7, rackHeight:42
DeviceName:panama, StartU:30, HeightU:11
with the new name and type and re-imported.
DatacentreID:Lab5
Row:6
RackName:CentralAmerica, PositionRow:7, rackHeight:42
DeviceName:canal 1, DeviceType:Complex, StartU:30, HeightU:11
If there are other devices in a rack to be corrected, the entire rack may be erased using mxnode -r
CentralAmerica and readded with another ipmimport subset.txt command.
Orphaned racks are rare, and usually indicate a rack that has no data center assigned yet, or an automatically
discovered enclosure rack name that doesn't match the expected value. To fix the reported value during
discovery, log on to the GUI for the blade system's Onboard Administrator (OA), change the rack name to
match by clicking Enclosure Information, then Information tab. Remember that names in HPSIM must be
unique. Finally, remove any any unwanted names using mxnode -r. For bulk removal, generate an XML
version of the device using ipmtxt2xml textfile > xmlfile followed by the command mxnode
-rf xmlfile
RETURN VALUES
The import command returns exit status based on the success or failure of the operation.
0 No errors.
1 Errors in the command-line arguments, permissions, database connectivity, or missing required content."
DIAGNOSTICS
ipmimport displays error messages in stderr for any of the following conditions:
+ Machine run on is not an active HPSIM CMS.
+ User has no HPSIM credentials
+ HPSIM is not running, often indicated by ConnectException or Connection refused message. In this
instance, try mxstart, and wait for the cimserver and mxdomainmgr daemons to come up before trying the
ipmexport command again.
+ Syntax error in the text input file
FILES
/opt/ipm/examples is a directory containing examples of converted files and formats.
AUTHORS
ipmimport was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.
SEE ALSO
ipm(1M), ipmexport(1M).
ipmtab2txt(1M)
NAME
ipmtab2txt - Insight Control Power Management spreadsheet table to text conversion tool
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