Hi Frank,
The output that is being referred to is actually XML, and it
is generated by the EMS subsystem in OnTap. The reason it
is there is to allow automated triage of problems that might
occur on a filer. Because XML is a structured format, it is
easier to write software to process it instead of the
relatively unstructured output that appears in /etc/messages.
Jay Perry
jay.perry(a)netapp.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Smith [mailto:fsmith@hoovers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 12:39 PM
> To: toasters(a)mathworks.com
> Subject: Re: autosupport full of junk
>
>
> Is html a new feature? None of my autosupport emails are in
> html. I don't
> usually read them anyway, opting instead for a script that
> basically emails
> me the message files daily.
>
> Frank
>
> --On Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:44:35 -0700 Jim Harm
> <jharm(a)llnl.gov> wrote:
>
> > How do others feel about the junk in autosupport?
> > I see the entire messages file reproduced to three times
> the size just to put
> > it into html format; why don't they run the script to put
> it into html when
> > they want it and at NetApp instead of cluttering MY weekly reports?
> > These FC stats can be produced once a year when there is a
> problem to analyze.
> > The disk list doesn't have to be reproduced any more often
> than when there is
> > change to the list.
> > I think it is unnecessarily large and wading thru it to look for a
> > current interesting event would be easier without it.
> >
> > I have been asking for options to autosupport with the
> customer support for
> > over a year. I am occasionally told it will be in a future
> release as yet
> > un-named.
> > Maybe they need to hear more noise.
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> Frank Smith
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