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Reinstall a System Using an Exported Host Configuration File
You can reinstall a system using the host configuration file that is
generated using the host-bulk-export
command.
For the following procedure, controller-0 must be the active controller.
- Create a host configuration file using the
system host-bulk-export
command, as described inExporting Host Configurations <exporting-host-configurations>
. - Copy the host configuration file to a USB drive or somewhere off the controller hard disk.
- Edit the host configuration file as needed, for example to specify power-on or information.
- Delete all the hosts except controller-0 from the inventory.
- Reinstall the software on controller-0, which must be the active controller.
- Run
Ansible Bootstrap playbook
. - Follow the instructions for using the
system host-bulk-add
command, as detailed inAdding Hosts in Bulk <adding-hosts-in-bulk>
.
After adding the host, you must provision it according to the requirements of the personality.