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WFA Command - Distribute configuration files with pscp

rtoubali — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:00:30 GMT

Hi there,

I am struggling to write a command which should basically distribute a list of configuration-files from WFA-Host to a specfic Linux-Host.

Basically I am trying to utilize putty "pscp" within a WFA-Command and concatenate the list of files as an array. I am able to run a pscp command on the powershell-cli. But in WFA I do get errors while trying to save the command.

Here is my code snippet. Are there any other solutions out there

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param (

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Hostname or IP address")]

[string]$SourceHostName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Hostname or IP address")]

[string]$TargetHostName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="UserName")]

[string]$UserName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="PrivateKeyFile in openSSH Format")]

[string]$PrivateKeyFile="D:\Downloads\opensshkey",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="PrivateKeyFile in openSSH Format")]

[string]$PathToPSCPEXE="D:\temp\pscp.exe",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="PrivateKeyFile in openSSH Format")]

[string]$UploadPath="/tmp/wfa_plugin/",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="")]

[string]$FileCloneXML="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\clone_S96.xml",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="")]

[string]$FileDBCloneMountDB="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_mount_db.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="")]

[string]$FileDBClonePurgeFS="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_purge_fs.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="")]

[string]$FileDBCloneStartDB="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_start_database.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="")]

[string]$FileDBCloneStopDB="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_stop_database.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="")]

[string]$FileDBCloneUmount="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_umount.sh"

)

try

{

$PathToUploadFile = $FileCloneXML, $FileDBCloneMountDB, $FileDBCloneUmount, $FileDBClonePurgeFS, $FileDBCloneStartDB, $FileDBCloneStopDB

if ($TargetHostname)

{

$Arguments = "-i", $PrivateKeyFile, $PathToUploadFile,($UserName,"@",$TargetHostName,":",$UploadPath,$PathToUploadFile.Split("\")[-1] -join "")

& $PathToPSCPEXE $Arguments

}

catch

{

Get-WFALogger -Warn -message ("Failed")

}

Re: WFA Command - Distribute configuration files with pscp

abhit — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:42:37 GMT

I am not an expert in powershell script. However i modified the script a little and I am able to save.

Let us know if you need any more help.

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param (

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Hostname or IP address")]

[string]$SourceHostName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Hostname or IP address")]

[string]$TargetHostName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="UserName")]

[string]$UserName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="PrivateKeyFile in openSSH Format")]

[string]$PrivateKeyFile="D:\Downloads\opensshkey",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="PrivateKeyFile in openSSH Format")]

[string]$PathToPSCPEXE="D:\temp\pscp.exe",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="PrivateKeyFile in openSSH Format")]

[string]$UploadPath="/tmp/wfa_plugin/",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage=" ")]

[string]$FileCloneXML="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\clone_S96.xml",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage=" ")]

[string]$FileDBCloneMountDB="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_mount_db.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage=" ")]

[string]$FileDBClonePurgeFS="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_purge_fs.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage=" ")]

[string]$FileDBCloneStartDB="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_start_database.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage=" ")]

[string]$FileDBCloneStopDB="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_stop_database.sh",

[parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage=" ")]

[string]$FileDBCloneUmount="D:\NetApp\wfa_plugins\build1\db_clone_umount.sh"

)

try

{

$PathToUploadFile = $FileCloneXML, $FileDBCloneMountDB, $FileDBCloneUmount, $FileDBClonePurgeFS, $FileDBCloneStartDB, $FileDBCloneStopDB

if ($TargetHostname)

{

$Arguments = "-i", $PrivateKeyFile, $PathToUploadFile,($UserName,"@",$TargetHostName,":",$UploadPath,$PathToUploadFile.Split("\")[-1] -join "")

& $PathToPSCPEXE $Arguments

}

catch

{

Get-WFALogger -Warn -message ("Failed")

}

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-Abhi

Re: WFA Command - Distribute configuration files with pscp

rtoubali — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:43:49 GMT

Abhi, many thanks for your quick response. I was able to save the cmdlet within WFA. Right now I am testing the file copies with pscp. Once successful I`m going to post here the final implementation.

Re: WFA Command - Distribute configuration files with pscp

bdave — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:08:52 GMT

Hi rtoubali,

Without having to install pscp and jump through hoops, you can use the built-in PowerShell Toolkit cmdlets "Read-NaFile" and "Write-NaFile". If it's for clustered ONTAP, there are similar cmdlets, "Read-NcFile", and "Write-NcFile".

I posted an example workflow/command here: https://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-23962#comment-16913

There's also a thread talking about issues with blank lines and workarounds here:

https://communities.netapp.com/message/104746#104746

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Dave