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Hello all,<br>
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I wonder if you could have your take on your ideal dry-run
functionality.<br>
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Post London User Group, we had much feedback regarding the need for
dry-run functionality.<br>
Therefore we have implemented dry-run functionality for our
GPFS/Scale Python API across all calls.<br>
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API calls for Policies have the ability to run in 'test' or 'run'
mode. (ref: man mmapplypolicy)<br>
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How would you expect to use dry-run functionality on a policy?<br>
We have our own opinion, but we'd like to hear yours.<br>
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1) Validate the policy and print the policy content to
stdout/other. No mmapplypolicy is performed.<br>
2) Validate the policy and enforce mmapplypolicy with -I test<br>
3) Return what would be called. E.G. mmapplypolicy -P mypol.pol
--flag1 --flag2 --etc<br>
4) Other<br>
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Best regards,<br>
<br>
Jez<br>
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Jez Tucker<br>
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