updating domain name on Dell iDRACs of VxRack

this is just another continuation post for idRAC automation examples. This will help you update domain name on multiple iDRACs.

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<# .SYNOPSIS set the hostname for dell iDRAC servers .DESCRIPTION opens up a csv file. put the ip addresses of idrac, root password and the domain name to be set .NOTES File Name : idracSetDomain.ps1 Author : gajendra d ambi Date : Dec 2017 Prerequisite : PowerShell v4+, Dell OpenManage DRAC Tools, includes Racadm (64bit) v8.1 or higher Copyright - None .LINK Script posted over: github.com/MrAmbiG/ #> #Start of Script Write-Host " A CSV file will be opened (open in excel/spreadsheet) populate the values, save & close the file, Hit Enter to proceed " -ForegroundColor Blue -BackgroundColor White $csv = "$PSScriptRoot/idracSetDomain.csv" get-process | Select-Object idrac_ip_address, root_password, DomainName | Export-Csv -Path $csv -Encoding ASCII -NoTypeInformation Start-Process $csv Read-Host "Hit Enter/Return to proceed" Write-Host "processing your entries from the csv file...." $csv = Import-Csv $csv foreach ($line in $csv) { $idrac_ip_address = $($line.idrac_ip_address) $root_password = $($line.root_password) $DomainName = $($line.DomainName) Write-Host "setting $DomainName as DomainName on $idrac_ip_address" racadm -r $idrac_ip_address -u "root" -p $root_password --nocertwarn set iDRAC.NIC.DNSDomainName $DomainName }