How to create your own file of servers and groups to import into Registered Servers

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How to create your own file of servers and groups to import into Registered Servers

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Steven Jones-245254

Posted Wednesday, October 19, 2011 10:43 AM

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we have all of our 1000 instances stored in a central DB. I can easily pull these out, and group and order them in whatever way I want to. How can I then import this list into the Central Management Servers list of servers? Is there some utility somewhere that creates the xml file in the required format ready for import?

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Suresh B.

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:03 AM

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Try this:
Right click -> Tasks -> Import.../Export...

See the attached screen shot for reference.
Exported file is in xml format.

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Steven Jones-245254

Posted Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:37 AM

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thanks for the reply. what i'm after though, is a way to put my serverlist (held in another table) into that XML format, so that i can add all these 1000 servers in one go, rather than register each one. any utility out there that creates the xml file for you?

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Steven Jones-245254

Posted Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:43 AM

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issue solved. there are msdb stored procedures used to create/add servers and groups you enter into your CMS setup in SSMS. the names escape me, but if you trace it you'll find them and then just google them/BOL them for more info on how to use them. i got the the point where i was able to rather quickly add 10s/100s of instances into various groups in seconds, once i'd retrieved a suitable source list of instances to use.

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