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Import or Reparent Machines

To simplify mass deployments, you can bulk create new machine accounts and pre-assign client machines to parent servers in advance of the CA DataMinder rollout. This enables you to deploy multiple client machines using a single source image (which identifies a single parent server) whilst ensuring that each client machine automatically connects to its 'correct' parent server immediately after installation. You can also bulk move (or reparent) existing client machines and gateways to new parent servers.

To bulk create new accounts, you import the gateway and client machine details from a command file. You can do this using the Account Import wizard (launched from the Administration console; choose Tools > Account Import Wizard) or you can run a command line import operation. Command files for machine import operations are briefly described below.

Command Files

When you import a command file containing machine details, each record in the file must conform to the format required by Account Import. Each machine record must begin on a new line with a variable that defines the type of operation.

For example, the commands below create a new gateway, GW-MILAN, parented to CMS-HARDY, and a new client machine, UNI-TAYLOR, parented to GW-MILAN. The final command moves an existing client machine, UNI-ROBSON, to the new gateway:

newgateway,GW-MILAN,CMS-HARDY
newclient,UNI-TAYLOR,GW-MILAN
moveclient,UNI-ROBSON,GW-MILAN

Note: For full details about machine import operations, see the Platform Deployment Guide; search for 'Account Import'.

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