get-content ucsnames.txt | % { BackupThisUCS $_ }

I haven’t been able to work on any UCS systems past 1.4. But as long as UCS has Nuova or some other XML open API the scripts should work….they may have to be modified to follow any new schema/API updates. However, I would suggest using the UCS PowerShell cmdlets where possible.

thanks!

~Lane

There are two ways you can activate the clients once you have the client installed. The first way is to use the Avamar Client Manager in the Enterprise Manager web based access. You can get to this portal by going to http://avamarutilitynode/em. You will then login using your Avamar credentials. From here you click on the Client Manager and can then Activate clients from there. You can use the down arrow to tie this to a directory.

The other way is to use the C:\Program Files\avs\bin\avregister.bat with the following syntax: avregister.bat avamarutilityservername /domain

Thanks!

~Lane

I am using “AvamarClient-windows-x86_64-6.0.100-592.msi” for client installation. I have to deploy it using SCCM on large number of user desktops.

My question is how to activate client: Below are manual steps I need to perform..

Right Click¨ the Avamar icon in the lower right hand corner of Windows
and select “Manage -> Activate”

For the Administrator Server Address enter “EP1AVMR001″, and in the
Client Domain enter “PC_POC”. Select “Activate” and you should get a
message that your system has been successfully activated.

Is there any script or commandline to do this automatically?

Anyway to backup multiple UCS domains using the UCS PowerTool?

Thanks for the post/comment!

Readers, if you are interested in this process (which is awesome) you will need to go here: http://developer.cisco.com/web/unifiedcomputing/microsoft to download the Cisco UCS PowerShell cmdlets (Powertool).

Thanks,
~Lane

With the latest UCS Powertool you can dramatically reduce the complexity of your script. The backup cmdlet removes the backup job it created which makes things much easier.

# Get the credentials setup
$password = Get-Content C:\bin\powershell\phxkarlvpass.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
$kvcred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential “karlv”,$password

# Login
$kvlogin=Connect-Ucs phx2-dc-ucsprod -Credential $kvcred -NotDefault

# print something
Get-UcsChassis -Ucs $kvlogin | Format-Table -Property Id, Serial, ConfigState, Power, Thermal

#Creates and Downloads full-state system backup of UCS
Backup-Ucs -Ucs $kvlogin -Type full-state -PathPattern ‘C:\Backups\${ucs}-${yyyy}${MM}${dd}-${HH}${mm}-full-state.xml’

#Creates and Downloads logical backup of UCS
Backup-Ucs -Ucs $kvlogin -Type config-logical -PathPattern ‘C:\Backups\${ucs}-${yyyy}${MM}${dd}-${HH}${mm}-config-logical.xml’

#Creates and Downloads system backup of UCS
Backup-Ucs -Ucs $kvlogin -Type config-system -PathPattern ‘C:\Backups\${ucs}-${yyyy}${MM}${dd}-${HH}${mm}-config-system.xml’

#Creates and Downloads config-all backup of UCS
Backup-Ucs -Ucs $kvlogin -Type config-all -PathPattern ‘C:\Backups\${ucs}-${yyyy}${MM}${dd}-${HH}${mm}-config-all.xml’

Disconnect-Ucs -Ucs $kvlogin