Reference Guide

22 RESTful Server Configuration with iDRAC RESTful API
sys.exit()
job_id=re.sub("[,']","",z)
if response.status_code != 202:
print "\n- FAIL, status code not 202\n, code is: %s" % response.status_code
sys.exit()
else:
print "\n- PASS, %s successfully created for ImportSystemConfigurationPreview method\n" % (job
_id)
response_output=response.__dict__
job_id=response_output["headers"]["Location"]
job_id=re.search("JID_.+",job_id).group()
start_time=datetime.now()
while True:
req = requests.get('https://%s/redfish/v1/TaskService/Tasks/%s' % (idrac_ip, job_id), auth=(id
rac_username, idrac_password), verify=False)
statusCode = req.status_code
data = req.json()
message_string=data[u"Messages"]
final_message_string=str(message_string)
current_time=(datetime.now()-start_time)
if statusCode == 202 or statusCode == 200:
print "\n- PASS, Query job ID command passed"
else:
print "\n- FAIL, Query job ID command failed, error code is: %s" % statusCode
sys.exit()
if "failed" in final_message_string or "completed with errors" in final_message_string or "Not
one" in final_message_string or "Unable" in final_message_string:
print "\n- FAIL, detailed job message is: %s" % data[u"Messages"]
sys.exit()
if data[u"TaskState"] == "Completed":
print "\n- Job ID = "+data[u"Id"]
print "- Name = "+data[u"Name"]
print "- JobStatus = "+data[u"TaskState"]
print "\n%s completed in: %s" % (job_id, str(current_time)[0:7])
print "\n- Preview Details: %s" % message_string
sys.exit()
else:
print "- Job not marked completed, current status is: %s" % data[u"TaskState"]
print "- Message: %s\n" % message_string[0][u"Message"]
time.sleep(1)
continue
data = req.json()
print "Job ID = "+data[u"Id"]
print "Name = "+data[u"Name"]
print "Message = "+data[u"Messages"]
print "JobStatus = "+data[u"TaskState"]
Next, execute the script to obtain the status and Job ID; as with the Export and Import methods, the Preview
method creates a job that must be queried until completed to determine success or failure of the import
preview: