HPE OneView Synergy VM Appliance (8.40.0) and Populate_HPE_Synergy.ps1

[sayyedaleem]

Hello Community Member,

I am trying to execute Populate_HPE_Synergy.ps1 script and coming following error.

PS C:\Temp\Populate-HPE-Synergy-7.0\Populate-HPE-Synergy-7.0> .\Populate_HPE_Synergy.ps1
Synergy Composer IP Address [10.0.0.82]:
Administrator Username [Administrator]:

PowerShell credential request
Password required for the user 'Administrator'
Password for user Administrator: ***********

This management appliance is a company owned asset and provided for the exclusive use of authorized personnel. Unauthorized use or abuse of this system may lead to corrective action including termination, civil and/or criminal penalties.

[11/16/23 09:50:56] Configuring HPE Synergy Appliance
[11/16/23 09:50:56] Adding Firmware Bundles
Optional: Specify location of Service Pack for ProLiant ISO file:
[11/16/23 09:51:05] Firmware Bundle Added
[11/16/23 09:51:05] Adding OneView and Synergy FC Licenses
Optional: Enter Filename Containing OneView and Synergy FC Licenses:
[11/16/23 09:51:07] All Licenses Added
[11/16/23 09:51:07] Configuring Address Pools for MAC, WWN, and Serial Numbers
[11/16/23 09:51:08] Address Pool Ranges Configuration Complete
[11/16/23 09:51:08] Renaming Enclosures
[11/16/23 09:51:08] All Enclosures Renamed
[11/16/23 09:51:08] Powering Off All Servers
[11/16/23 09:51:08] All Servers Powered Off
[11/16/23 09:51:08] Configuring SAN Managers
[11/16/23 09:51:37] SAN Manager Configuration Complete
[11/16/23 09:51:37] Adding Networks
[11/16/23 09:52:06] Adding Network Sets
[11/16/23 09:52:09] Networking Configuration Complete
[11/16/23 09:52:09] Adding 3PAR Storage Systems
[11/16/23 09:52:35] Adding 3PAR Storage Pools
[11/16/23 09:53:45] Adding 3PAR Storage Volume Templates
[11/16/23 09:53:46] Adding 3PAR Storage Volumes
[11/16/23 09:54:06] Storage Configuration Complete
[11/16/23 09:54:06] Adding New Users
[11/16/23 09:54:07] All New Users Added
[11/16/23 09:54:07] Creating Local Logical Interconnect Groups
[11/16/23 09:54:30] Logical Interconnect Groups Created
[11/16/23 09:54:30] Adding Fibre Channel and FCoE Uplink Sets
[11/16/23 09:54:59] Adding Ethernet Uplink Sets
[11/16/23 09:55:21] All Uplink Sets Configured
[11/16/23 09:55:21] Creating Local Enclosure Group
[11/16/23 09:55:23] Enclosure Group Created
[11/16/23 09:55:23] Creating Local Logical Enclosure
[11/16/23 09:55:23] Logical Enclosure Created
[11/16/23 09:55:23] Adding New Scopes
[11/16/23 09:55:32] All New Scopes Added
[11/16/23 09:55:32] Creating SY480 Gen10 with Local Boot for RHEL Server Profile Template
Get-OVServerHardwareType: C:\Temp\Populate-HPE-Synergy-7.0\Populate-HPE-Synergy-7.0\Populate_HPE_Synergy.ps1:429
Line |
429 | … = Get-OVServerHardwareTypes -Name "SY 480 Gen10 2" -ErrorAc …
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 'SY 480 Gen10 2' Server Hardware Type not found on '10.0.0.82' appliance connection. Please check the name and try again.

Before running the script, HW does not exist in the simulator. How it can populate when the appliance is pretty much blank upon import.

My assumption is that it may be due to mismatch between OneView Synergy version and Populate_HPE_Synergy.ps1 version.

[VincentBerger]

Hardware setup (discovery) must have run before running this script. And it has, otherwise the script would throw errors way earlier than creating server profile templates. Which server hardware types have been created (look in the GUI or run Get-OVServerHardwareType) ? In any case, this is likely not an issue with the library but with the script itself. Where did you get the script from and which version ? This may be better tracked in the Github repo you downloaded the script from.

[sayyedaleem]

I managed to figure out that appliance versions north of 8.x does not require PowerShell script to populate inventory. Hardware Discovery wizard will take care of it, and it worked in my case when I ran the discovery wizard right after setting up IP details.

[VincentBerger]

Hardware discovery has always been done before running this script, typically when you first logon to the appliance through its console. Then you still have to create the logical configuration, logical interconnect groups, logical enclosures, server profile templates, etc. this is what the script attempts to do. Of course you are free to do it any way you want, the script is only an example, but you still need some kind of configuration before you can do anything useful with your simulated environment.