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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:39:19 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Sripal <sripal.surendiran@onstor.com>
Cc: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@onstor.com>, Narain Ramadass
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Subject: Re: Integration of FTI branch into dev
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On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:55:05 +0530 Sripal
<sripal.surendiran@onstor.com> wrote:

> Tim,
> 
> I have integrated FTI branch to dev. I have done extensive test for 
> Cougar (system commands)  and smoke test for Bobcat. I don't foresee
> any major issues. Please let me know if any extensive test that needs
> to be carried out before building next tar ball.
> 
> Features not tested:
> 
> 1. Migration with NCM for Cougar
> 2. FTI with NCM for Bobcat.
> 3. Flash install for Bobcat.

Not sure what you mean by #3.


> Issues foreseen:
> 
> Filers which do not have proper network config files may show FTI
> screen after upgrade even though filer is in initialized state. They
> need to update their configuration files manually to suppress FTI
> questions.

I've been recommending that QA and developers use flash_install for
these kinds of reasons.  We can add a note to the submittal reiterating
that message.  Upgrade and fix by hand or use flash_install.sh.

> Regards,
> Sripal.
> 
> Sripal wrote:
> > Tim,
> >
> > I agree integration would be completed by an hour. I like to test
> > the basic functionality once again after integration which may
> > consume some time if I run into unforeseen issues. Most of the
> > testing requires system upgrade, reboot and flash install which
> > takes lot of time.  I will try to complete integration and testing
> > today. I will give you the status by 9 am PST. Based on that you
> > can take decision to build submittal on Tuesday or Wednesday.
> >
> > -Sripal.
> >
> > Tim Gardner wrote:
> >> I don't understand why there is risk. Have you not been keeping
> >> the FTI branch synced with the
> >> dev branch? How much time do you need to eliminate the risk? I 
> >> wouldn't think it would take more
> >> than an hour to sync your branch with dev and run some basic tests.
> >> Let me know how much time you need. I need to get this work into
> >> dev and will delay the Tuesday
> >> submittal it I have to.
> >>  
> >> Tim
> >>  
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> *From:* Sripal Surendiran (HCL)
> >> *Sent:* Mon 3/31/2008 11:53 PM
> >> *To:* Tim Gardner
> >> *Cc:* Narain Ramadass; Larry Scheer; Andy Sharp; Sudharsan
> >> Srinivasan *Subject:* Re: Integration of FTI branch into dev
> >>
> >> Tim,
> >>
> >> Thanks Tim. I was able to achieve this only because of all your
> >> help.
> >>
> >> I feel there is lot of risk in integrating FTI branch to dev
> >> branch today. I do not have lot of time to test after integration.
> >> Please let me know if you want to do it today (before 10am PST)?
> >>
> >> -Sripal.
> >>
> >> Tim Gardner wrote:
> >>> Sripal,
> >>>  
> >>> I would like you to integrate your FTI/migration branch into the
> >>> dev branch prior to the submittal
> >>> scheduled for Tuesday morning. Larry usually starts the build
> >>> around 10am pacific time.
> >>> Let me know if there will be an issue doing this.
> >>>  
> >>> Testing has been going well. QA has found and filed a number of 
> >>> defects but nothing that will be a
> >>> blocker for the integration. Nice work on this project. Andy
> >>> Sharp is also quite pleased with the work
> >>> you have done. You can continue with the defect fixing using the
> >>> dev branch.
> >>>  
> >>> Tim
> >>>  
