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Add-LXCAStoredCredential

This cmdlet creates a stored credential in the Lenovo XClarity Administrator server. There are two types of stored credentials: management and recovery. When you create a recovery stored credential, RECOVERY_ID is used as the user name.

Note
You cannot pipe objects to this cmdlet.

Syntax​

Add-LXCAStoredCredential [-Connection LXCAConnection] 
                         [-Description String]
                          -Password SecureString
                          -UserName String
                         [CommonParameter]

Add-LXCAStoredCredential [-Connection LXCAConnection] 
                         [-Description String]
                          -Password SecureString
                          -RecoveryCredential
                         [CommonParameter]

Parameters​

-Connection LXCAConnection
Specifies the connection to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator server. If no connection is specified, the result from the last Connect-LXCA cmdlet is used.
-Description String
Specifies the description of the new stored credential.
-Password SecureString
Specifies the password for the new stored credential.
-UserName String
Specifies the user name for the new stored credential.
-RecoveryCredential
Indicates that the stored credential that is designated for recovery purposes. In this case, credential’s UserName is always RECOVERY_ID.

If not specified, the stored credential that is designated for management purposes

CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the following common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -OutVariable. For detailed information about each common parameter, see the Microsoft PowerShell Common Parameters webpage.

Results​

This cmdlet returns a StoredCredentialData object.

Examples​

The following example creates a management stored credential.
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-LXCA -Host 192.0.2.0 -Credential $cred

$pwd = ConvertTo-SecureString "Passw0rd" -AsPlainText –Force
$account = Add-LXCAStoredCredential -UserName USERID1 -Password $pwd 

Disconnect-LXCA
The following example creates a recovery stored credential.
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-LXCA -Host 192.0.2.0 -Credential $cred

$pwd = ConvertTo-SecureString "Passw0rd" -AsPlainText –Force
$account = Add-LXCAStoredCredential -Password $pwd -RecoveryCredential

Disconnect-LXCA