IPS PACK

Purpose

Creates a package and generates the physical package immediately.

Syntax and Description

ips pack [incident first [n] | incident inc_id | incident last [n] | 
     problem first [n] | problem prob_id | problem last [n] | 
     problemkey prob_key | seconds secs | time start_time to end_time] 
     [correlate {basic |typical | all}] [in path]

ADRCI automatically generates the package number for the new package. IPS PACK creates an empty package if no package contents are specified.

Table 17-6 describes the arguments for IPS PACK.

Table 17-6 Arguments of IPS PACK command

Argument	Description
`incident` `first` [`n`]	Adds the first `n` incidents to the package, where `n` is a positive integer. For example, if `n` is set to `5`, then the first five incidents are added. If `n` is omitted, then the default is `1`, and the first incident is added.
`incident` `inc_id`	Adds an incident with ID `inc_id` to the package.
`incident` `last` [`n`]	Adds the last `n` incidents to the package, where `n` is a positive integer. For example, if `n` is set to `5`, then the last five incidents are added. If `n` is omitted, then the default is `1`, and the last incident is added.
`problem` `first` [`n`]	Adds the incidents for the first `n` problems to the package, where `n` is a positive integer. For example, if `n` is set to `5`, then the incidents for the first five problems are added. If `n` is omitted, then the default is `1`, and the incidents for the first problem is added. Adds only the first three early incidents and last three late incidents for each problem, excluding any older than 90 days. (Note: These limits are defaults and can be changed. See "IPS SET CONFIGURATION".)
`problem` `prob_id`	Adds all incidents with problem ID `prob_id` to the package. Adds only the first three early incidents and last three late incidents for the problem, excluding any older than 90 days. (Note: These limits are defaults and can be changed. See "IPS SET CONFIGURATION".)
`problem` `last` [`n`]	Adds the incidents for the last `n` problems to the package, where `n` is a positive integer. For example, if `n` is set to `5`, then the incidents for the last five problems are added. If `n` is omitted, then the default is `1`, and the incidents for the last problem is added. Adds only the first three early incidents and last three late incidents for each problem, excluding any older than 90 days. (Note: These limits are defaults and can be changed. See "IPS SET CONFIGURATION".)
`problemkey` `pr_key`	Adds incidents with problem key `pr_key` to the package. Adds only the first three early incidents and last three late incidents for the problem key, excluding any older than 90 days. (Note: These limits are defaults and can be changed.)
`seconds` `secs`	Adds all incidents that have occurred within `secs` seconds of the present time.
`time` `start_time` `to` `end_time`	Adds all incidents taking place between `start_time` and `end_time` to the package. Time format is '`YYYY-MM-YY HH24:MI:SS.FF TZR`'. Fractional part (`FF`) is optional.
`correlate {basic` `\|typical` `\|` `all}`	Selects a method of including correlated incidents in the package. There are three options for this argument: `correlate` `basic` includes incident dumps and incident process trace files. `correlate` `typical` includes incident dumps and any trace files that were modified within five minutes of each incident. You can alter the time interval by modifying the `INCIDENT_TIME_WINDOW` configuration parameter. `correlate` `all` includes the incident dumps, and all trace files that were modified between the time of the first selected incident and the last selected incident. The default value is `correlate` `typical`.
`in` `path`	Saves the physical package to directory `path`.

Example

This example creates an empty package:

ips pack

This example creates a physical package containing all information for incident 861:

ips pack incident 861

This example creates a physical package for all incidents in the last minute, fully correlated:

ips pack seconds 60 correlate all