Hello, relative newbie to the world of zenoss here!

I'm looking for a way of copying a template from one deviceClass to another using zendmd (to perform the same operation as the menu item "Override Template") Hoping to use zendmd so our installation/configuration of zenoss can be completely scripted.

I've seen examples of how to apply templates at a device level, but I can't seem to get them to work for a device class.

So, current situation is we have a template from a comunity ZenPack that applies to Devices\Servers. I want to make this apply to Devices\Server\MyClass - a straightforward operation from within the GUI. (Essentially, I want the template to apply to all devices (existing and new) in \Server\MyClass by default, but not to ones in \Server)

So butchering a similar example (from docs/DOC-2526), what I've attempted is this:-

template = dmd.Devices.Server.rrdTemplates.MyTemplate

dest = dmd.Devices.Server.MyClass

dest._setObject(template.id,template._getCopy(dest))

commit()

This seems to create a copy of the template, but applying to "Devices\MyClass" instead of "Devices\Server\MyClass"

Can anyone suggest a better method, or point me in the right direction. Apologies if I've performed some horrendous zendmd abuse!