01/31/96 Gathering a Testcase for a CMVC Problem SPECIAL NOTICES Information in this document is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of this writing. Please send feedback by fax to "AIXServ Information" at (512) 823-4009. Please use this information with care. IBM will not be responsible for damages of any kind resulting from its use. The use of this information is the sole responsibility of the customer and depends on the customer's ability to eval- uate and integrate this information into the customer's operational environment. GATHERING TESTCASE INFORMATION This document assumes that you are working with AIX Support under one of the service options. For information on the AIX Support Family and Program Services (IBM's base support for code-related problems), request these faxes from 1-800-IBM-4FAX: 1537 Overview of AIX Support 1760 Using Program Services 2464 The AIX Support Family Non U.S. Customers can requests documents by dialing (from a fax machine) 514-855-4FAX. Please include the following in a testcase for a CMVC problem: o A README which explains: - What you think the problem is. - Problem re-creation instructions, i.e., step-by-step instructions that can be followed with CMVC and that illustrate the problem. If the problem was recre- ated from the command line, then we need the exact syntax used. If a GUI/Motif interface was used, then we need the steps in the format of screen:menu or option:item. - How the problem manifests itself, i.e., what spe- cific error codes/values/messages/etc. we can expect to see when the error has occurred. - What database is being used and what level is it? - What File Control is being used? (SCCS, PVCS, etc) - What other UNIX machines are involved? - The output from the following commands: | For AIX 3.2 systems: Gathering a Testcase for a CMVC Problem 1 01/31/96 | lslpp -h X11dev.obj | lslpp -h "cmvc*" | For AIX 4.1 systems: | lslpp -h X11.base.* | lslpp -h "cmvc*" SENDING TESTCASE INFORMATION The testcase can be sent on any type of media (diskette, 8mm, 1/4", Internet). The testcase can be faxed ONLY if it is not more than 15 lines of code. Testcases may be sent by any of the methods below. Be sure to include the following information: (You can determine the block size by typing lsattr -E -l rmt# | grep block_size The block size is listed after "block_size".) VERY IMPORTANT: If the person sending in this testcase is not the person who reported the problem, be sure to include the name of the person who reported it. If the proper information is not on the package, then it takes valuable time to process and delays solving your problem. 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The allowable size of the testcase depends mostly on intermediate mail gateways. It is gener- ally not advisable to send tescases larger than approxi- mately 4MB via e-mail. Testcases sent via e-mail in the correct format are automatically processed, making them almost immediately available for analysis. See the "File Naming Convention" section of this document for more details. FTP Via Internet Sample file names for the tarred and compressed files: ad1000.tar.Z (item number.tar.Z) 1x234.001.tar.Z (problem_report_#.branch_office_#.tar.Z) 1x234.1234567.tar.Z (problem_report_#.customer_#.tar.Z) FTP it to our testcase repository: ftp 198.17.57.67 (or "ftp testcase.boulder.ibm.com") login: anonymous password: (e.g., "customer@wallyworld.com") bin (change to binary transfer mode) cd aix put 1x234.001.tar.Z (for example) ls -l quit FILE NAMING CONVENTION: NOTE: Testcases should be archived into a compressed tar archive using relative path names. If FTPing, Do not create a separate directory on the testcase server. Use of the following naming convention will allow our tools to automatically move the testcase to the proper directories and update the PMR to indicate that the testcase is avail- able. Failure to use this naming convention could cause delays in processing the testcase. If the testcase files cannot be associated with an existing PMR or XMENU item, they will be tagged as lost and eventu- ally deleted. Testcases associated with PMRs Gathering a Testcase for a CMVC Problem 4 01/31/96 ppppp.bbb.ccc.tar.Z | | | | | | | | | Indicates that the archive is compressed. | | | | If you have the gzip command available, | | | | this will be .gz rather than .Z. | | | | | | | Indicates a tar archive. | | | | | The 3 character country code. | | (May be omitted if the country code is 000.) | | | The 3 character branch office number. | The 5 character PMR number. Testcases associated with XMENU items xxxxxx.tar.Z | | | | | Indicates that archive is compressed. | | If you have the gzip command available, | | this will be .gz rather than .Z. | | | Indicates a tar archive. | The XMENU item number. CREATING A COMPRESSED TAR ARCHIVE Testcases should be archived into a compressed tar archive using relative path names. The following is an example of how to create a compressed tar archive. o Place the testcase files into a separate directory using commands similar to those in the following example. In this example, we'll use a directory named /tmp/testcase. cd /tmp mkdir testcase cp file1 file2 file3 testcase o Execute one of the following commands to create the com- pressed tar archive. Using the gzip command (if avail- able), will generally produce a significantly smaller file. With the gzip command: tar -cf- testcase | gzip -9 >9x999.999.999.tar.gz Without the gzip command: tar -cf- testcase | compress >9x999.999.999.tar.Z Testcases should be archived into a compressed tar archive using relative path names. The following example will uuencode and send the compressed tar archive created in the previous section. You should substitute the correct filename when sending your testcase. uuencode 9x999.999.999.tar.gz 9x999.999.999.tar.gz | \ mail -s "AIX_Testcase:9x999.999.999.tar.gz" aasc@austin.ibm.com Gathering a Testcase for a CMVC Problem 5 01/31/96 Fax (Not more than 15 lines of code) 512-823-7634 (793-7634 within IBM) Gathering a Testcase for a CMVC Problem 6 01/31/96 READER'S COMMENTS Please fax this form to (512) 823-4009, attention "AIXServ Informa- tion". You may also e-mail comments to: elizabet@austin.ibm.com. These comments should include the same customer information requested below. Use this form to tell us what you think about this document. 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