mkorder

Creates a shipping order for use by the store-and-forward facility

Applicability

Product Command type
MultiSite MultiSite command
Platform
UNIX®
Linux
Windows®

Synopsis

mkorder
–dat/a packet-pname [ –scl/ass storage-class-name ] [ –pex/pire date-time ] [ –not/ify e-mail-address ] [ –c comment | –cq | –cqe | –nc ] [ –shi/p –cop/y | –fsh/ip [ –cop/y ] | –out order-pname ] destination ...

This command is located in versionvault-home-dir/etc on Linux® and the UNIX® system and versionvault-home-dir\bin on Windows®.

Description

This command creates a shipping order file for an existing packet file or any other file. The shipping order is used by the shipping server to send the file to one or more destinations.

mkorder submits to the shipping server a packet that was created with mkreplica –out or syncreplica –out. You can also use mkorder to resubmit packets whose shipping orders have expired, and to transfer other files among sites. A shipping order must be located in the same directory as its associated packet or file.

Note: The shipping server deletes a packet after delivering it successfully (except when the destination is the local host). If you use this command to process a file that must be preserved at your site even after it is delivered to another site, you must specify the –copy option.

Restrictions

None.

Options and arguments

Specifying the packet file

Default
None.
–dat/a packet-pname
The pathname of the packet or file.
Note: If packet-pname contains a colon character ( : ), mkorder changes the colon to a period character ( . ) during processing. This change allows packets to be delivered to Windows® machines, which do not allow colons in file names.

Specifying where to place the shipping order

Default
Creates a shipping order in the directory where the packet-pname file is located.
–scl/ass class-name
Specifies the storage class of the packet and shipping order. If you also use –ship or –fship, mkorder looks up the storage class in the shipping.conf file on Linux® and the UNIX® system or in the MultiSite Control Panel on Windows® to determine the location of the storage bay to use.

If you omit this option but use –ship or –fship, mkorder places the shipping order in the storage bay location specified for the –default class in the shipping.conf file or the MultiSite Control Panel.

–shi/p –cop/y –fsh/ip [ –cop/y ]
Creates a shipping order for packet-pname. Using –fship invokes shipping_server to send the packet. Using –ship places the shipping order in a storage bay. To send the packet, run shipping_server or set up invocations of sync_export_list –poll with the schedule command. (See the schedule reference page in the VersionVault Command Reference.)

–copy is required with –ship, and optional with –fship:

  • With –copy, mkorder copies the packet-pname file to one of the store-and-forward facility's storage bays and places the shipping order in the bay. The copy is deleted after it is delivered successfully to all the destinations specified in the shipping order.
  • Without –copy, mkorder does not copy packet-pname; mkorder places the shipping order in the directory where the file is located. packet-pname is deleted after it is delivered successfully to all the destinations specified in the shipping order.
–out order-pname
Places the shipping order in the specified file instead of in a storage bay. An error occurs if the file already exists.

Handling packet-delivery failures

Default
If a packet cannot be delivered, it is sent through the store-and-forward facility to the administrator at the site of the originating replica. A mail message is sent to the store-and-forward administrator. This occurs after repeated attempts to deliver the packet have failed and the allotted time has expired; it can also occur when the destination host is unknown or a data file does not exist. The store-and-forward configuration settings specify the expiration period, the e-mail address of the administrator, and the notification program.
–pex/pire date-time
Specifies the time at which the store-and-forward facility stops trying to deliver the packet and generates a failure mail message instead. This option overrides the expiration period specified for the storage class in the shipping.conf file (Linux® and the UNIX® system) or MultiSite Control Panel (Windows®).

The date-time argument can have any of the following formats:

date.time | date | time | now
where:
date:
= day-of-week | long-date
time:
= h[h]:m[m][:s[s]] [UTC [ [ + | - ]h[h][:m[m] ] ] ]
day-of-week:
= today |yesterday |Sunday | ... |Saturday |Sun | ... |Sat
long-date:
= d[d]–month[–[yy]yy]
month:
= January |... |December |Jan |... |Dec

Specify the time in 24-hour format, relative to the local time zone. If you omit the time, the default value is 00:00:00. If you omit the date, the default value is today. If you omit the century, year, or a specific date, the most recent one is used. Specify UTC if you want the time to be resolved to the same moment in time regardless of time zone. Use the plus (+) or minus (-) operator to specify a positive or negative offset to the UTC time. If you specify UTC without hour or minute offsets, the default setting is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). (Dates before January 1, 1970 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) are not valid.)

Examples:
  • 22-November-2002
  • sunday
  • yesterday.16:00
  • 0
  • 8-jun
  • 13:00
  • today
  • 9-Aug.10:00UTC
–not/ify e-mail-address
The delivery-failure message is sent to the specified e-mail address.

If a failure occurs on a Windows® host that does not have e-mail notification enabled, a message appears in the Windows® Event Viewer. The message includes the e-mail-address value specified with this option and a note requesting that this user be informed of the status of the operation. For information about enabling e-mail notification, see the MultiSite Control Panel reference page.

Event records and comments

Default
–nc (no comment).
–c comment | –cq | –cqe | –nc
Specifies a comment to be placed in the shipping order. With –c, the comment string must be a single command-line token; typically, you must enclose it in double quotation marks. With –cq and –cqe, the command prompts you for a comment. With –nc, no comment is placed in the shipping order.

Specifying the destination

Default
None.
destination ...
One or more host names (which must be usable by hosts in different domains) or IP addresses. When sending a MultiSite packet, you must specify the host where the replica resides or is to be created.

Examples

In these examples, the lines are broken for readability. You must enter each command on a single physical line.

  • Create a shipping order for file p1, which is located in the default storage bay. Store the shipping order in the same storage bay as p1, and specify that the file is to be sent to host goldengate. 
    

mkorder –data "c:\Program Files\HCL\CCM\VersionVault\var\shipping\ms_ship\outgoing\
p1" –out "c:\Program Files\HCL\CCM\VersionVault\var\shipping\ms_ship\p1_order" 
goldengate


Shipping order "c:\Program Files\HCL\CCM\VersionVault\var
\shipping\ms_ship\outgoing\p1_order" generated.
  • Create a shipping order in the default storage bay for a specified file that is to be delivered to host goldengate. Specify that admin must be notified if the file is not delivered successfully. 
    

/opt/hcl/ccm/versionvault/etc/mkorder –data /usr/tmp/to_goldengate –ship 
–copy –notify admin goldengate

Shipping order "/var/adm/hcl/versionvault/shipping/ms_ship/outgoing/sh_o_to_
goldengate" generated.
  • Create a shipping order for the same file, but place it in the storage bay for a particular storage class. Attempt immediate delivery (–fship), and allow delivery attempts to continue until the beginning of May 18. 
    

mkorder –data c:\tmp\to_goldengate –fship –copy –sclass ClassA –pexpire 18-May 
goldengate


Shipping order "c:\tmp\sclass\ClassA\sh_o_to_goldengate" generated.
Attempting to forward/deliver generated packets...
-- Forwarded/delivered packet 
c:\tmp\sclass\ClassA\sh_o_to_goldengate

Files

versionvault-home-dir/config/services/shipping.conf