If you want to build quick servers and add features to it and you don’t use #SCVMM then the export import is maybe the thing you can use.
Below is a sample on how to use this.
So we created the groups and we are adding the Failover cluster Roles to the nodes just right click and add roles and the wizard pops up choose the failover cluster tools do this for both nodes.
Did you also see the little export line ? in the Roles installation field save it for later.
it looks like this.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Objs xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/2004/04" Version="1.1.0.1"><Obj RefId="0"><TN RefId="0"><T>System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection`1[[System.Management.Automation.PSObject, System.Management.Automation, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35]]</T><T>System.Object</T></TN><LST><Obj RefId="1"><TN RefId="1"><T>Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#root/Microsoft/Windows/ServerManager/ServerComponent_NET_Framework_Features</T><T>Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#root/Microsoft/Windows/ServerManager/MSFT_ServerManagerServerComponentDescriptor</T><T>Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ServerComponent_NET_Framework_Features</T><T>Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#MSFT_ServerManagerServerComponentDescriptor</T><T>Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance</T><T>System.Object</T></TN><ToString>ServerComponent_NET_Framework_Features</ToString><Props><Nil N="PSComputerName"/></Props>
So if you want to reuse / import this file on a fresh new server it can.
Import Configuration settings in windows 2012 based on exported Configuration settings in windows 2012
Go to powershell
install-WindowsFeature –configurationfilepath \\server\configfiles\savedconfig.xml
And your done
Happy Building.
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In that exported config it is include servername but i am going to import to another server, will it matter? or the Install-WindowsFeature only look at the ClassName?
I should use only powershell to do this and not using the import export : Install-WindowsFeature etc this is better and faster