Few specific changes in this release, but a couple of little ones:
Expanded the option “-w” from Suggested Nicknames for Known WWN Patterns to vict.jar such that vict.jar -w 2100000b08123450 shows “Axiom-12345-c0p0” giving suggested nicknames to (Oracle) Pillar Axiom (SLM). This WWN Descriptor is not very precise, but is empirically-based. Additional WWPN samples would help guide a better, more precise solution.
The .BAT files in the toolkit are there to help find a JRE from a number of well-known places.
Oracle installs JRE6 and JRE7 to specific locations, so we check those now if the VI Client and Service are not yet installed.
A JNLP might be a better long-term solution.
Per the conversation at SKO, the “–fixnicknamehistory” is the only art of VIClientTool (vict) that is a writeable action; otherwise, vict is read-only. In order to be sure that vict cannot hurt the database, the writeable portion of vict is moved back into the VIFieldTool (vift). vift is never left with a customer.
In revision 558, I added a logic to PHC that exercises the “-w” from Revision 555: VMax Nickname Suggestion back to Suggested Nicknames framework so that for missing nicknames, a phc-Nicknames.csv file attempts ot provide suggested nicknames for the WWNs of missing nicknames that it understands.
In short, PHC now provides suggestions for missing nicknames, making it possible to have nicknames for hosts the customer may not even be aware are visible by the VW Platform.