swa ignore file syntax

[Todd McDaniel_1]

I have never used this file before, and I am not comfortable with what it is asking for as the bundle and revision.

I get that it needs the QPK in the front but what exactly goes in the and ?

QUALITYPACK/QPK1123_B.11.23.0812.076

Please tell me if this is the correct syntax.


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Also, for normal patches, i didnt really see a clear example how to exclude a single patch. as follows what is the first bit that I need for the following?

11.X/PHSS_38860

Maybe Im just not reading the file correctly or its been a long week..

[Todd McDaniel_1]

sorry i didnt put in what i thought the QPK should be...

QPK:QUALITYPACK:QPK1123_B.11.23.0812.076


I dont know what i need for the single patch.

[omniview]

From the comments within the ignore file, it appears that the syntax would be:

QPK:GOLDAPPS11i:B.11.23.0812.076
QPK:GOLDBASE11i:B.11.23.0812.076

The patches can be excluded on a case by case basis, but you must specify the criteria.

e.g. a patch excluded containing a critical fix:

CRIT:PHSS_34102

Take a second look at the ignore file remarks. It took me a couple attempts to master the syntax myself, but it didn't take long.

Good luck!

Dave

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Somehow my ignore file is getting ignored! It still selects all 1500 filesets to install... even though I have explicitly excluded it.

I posted my edit in the ignore file as per your suggestion for the QPK, however it didnt exclude it. So i changed the name of the bundle to this:


QPK:GOLDAPPS11i:QPK1123_B.11.23.0812.076
QPK:GOLDBASE11i:QPK1123_B.11.23.0812.076

That also failed. I wonder, do I need the ".depot" on the end"???

here are also the contents of my SWA file.

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swa.conf
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catalog_source=http://ftp.itrc.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/screen=wpslDownloadPatch/swa_catalog.xml.gz?PatchName=/export/patches/swa_catalog.xml.gz
crl_check=false
ignore_file=/appp/bladelogic/depot/acsdalhpx301/ignore

[Bob E Campbell]

The ignore file was intended to ignore part of an analyzer. If you really do not want QPK results then select only the analyzers you want:

# swa report -a SEC -a PCW

The second tip is to take a look at the detail report. It is at the tail end of the HTML report or could be generated for the previous run using:

# swa step report -r detail

The detail report will list the reason for every patch selected for the action (default) report and also list the Issue ID that is used with the ignore file.

[Michael-Jones]

this is excellent answer,  and solved an ignore I needed to do for CRIT:PHCO_44712 , from a swa-report that patch PHKL_44729 VRTS 5.1 SP1RP3P12 VRTSvxfs Kernel Patch was needed.   I did not know about swa step report -r detail   and how it reveals that correct Issue ID.