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cerupdate(1) cerupdate(1)
NAME
cerupdate - update the Common Error Repository (CER) with error metadata
SYNOPSIS
/opt/sfm/bin/cerupdate -d
extract-dir-path [
-t logfile] [-l trace-level] -p public-key [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The
cerupdate command updates the Common Error Repository (CER) with error metadata supplied by
HP, Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV), and Independent Software Vendors (ISV). CER is a database,
which is a part of Error Management Technology (EMT). EMT product information is available on
http://www.hp.com. To use the
cerupdate command, users must have system administrative privileges.
All Independent Hardware Vendors (IHV) and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) use the DesCompiler
tool provided by EMT to create extracts. These extracts include information about errors generated on an
HP-UX system. Users can use the
cerupdate command to upload the extracts created by HP, ISVs, and
IHVs to the Common Error Repository (CER). However, to upload these extracts, the IHVs and the ISVs
must be registered with EMT. To register with EMT, send a request via email to [e-mail].
Options
The
cerupdate command recognizes the following options:
-d extract-dir-path
Specifies the path of the directory where the extract files are located. The directory must
contain an index.txt file with the names of the extracts that must be uploaded to the
CER.
The -d option is mandatory.
-h Displays information on how to use the cerupdate command, similar to a help option.
-l trace-level Specifies the trace level to be used for logging. The following trace levels are supported in
ascending order of severity:
Trace
Information
Error
The default trace-level is Information.
The cerupdate command logs all messages related to trace-level and above to the log file
specified by the -l option. If the -l option is not specified, the
cerupdate command
uses the option specified in the configuration file. The trace level strings are case-
insensitive.
-p decryption-key
Specifies the key that the cerupdate command uses to decrypt the extract files.
Configuration and post-installation scripts that invoke the
cerupdate command must
pass the correct decryption key.
IHVs and ISVs can obtain the encryption and the decryption keys by registering with EMT.
The
-p option is optional and is case-sensitive.
-t log-file-name
Specifies the log file to which the cerupdate command logs all messages related to
trace-level. See the description of the -l trace-level option for further explanation. If the
-t option is not specified, the cerupdate command uses the log file specified in
/var/opt/sfm/conf/cerupdate.conf, which is the
cerupdate configuration
file. Changes made to an existing log file will overwrite the contents of the file.
RETURN VALUE
cerupdate returns one of the following values:
0 Successful completion.
Non 0 An error occurred.
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