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<BODY><B>From:</B> Craig Marl (Meridian Partners Ltd.)
(Exchange)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 17, 1999 5:28 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Chris Steck (Exchange); Weiru Cai (Exchange); Henry Lee (Exchange); Alex
Armanasu (Exchange); Michele Freed (Exchange); Murthy Srinivas
(Exchange)<BR><B>Subject:</B> steps to create a settings manifest<BR>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>Ok,
here's the step I took to create the settings manifest for
RAID.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>run
sysdiff /snap to create a snapshot of the system.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>install RAID, set a bunch of
options.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#800000><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>run
sysdiff /diff to find out what changed.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>run
sysdiff /dump to get a readable copy of the changes ;o)</SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>trawl through the dump & figure out which changes
are related to RAID.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>create a .cmd file to call regtoxml.vbs for each
registry entry I'm interested in, for
<STRONG>example:</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>regtoxml HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rdb
D:\statemgr\raid\1.xml /s</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>regtoxml HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rdq
D:\statemgr\raid\2.xml /s</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>regtoxml HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rdt
D:\statemgr\raid\3.xml /s</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>regtoxml
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\raid4.exe D:\statemgr\raid\4.xml
/s</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<UL>
<LI><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>run
wsmcomp.vbs with the xml file I want to compile as arg1 and the manifest I
want to create as arg2 example:</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#800000><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>wsmcomp 1.xml raidstate
</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>next, run
wsmcomp.vbs again for each of my xml files, but this time using the -m flag to
merge them into the manifest. example: </SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>wsmcomp 2.xml raidstate -m
-k</SPAN></FONT></DIV><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>wsmcomp 3.xml raidstate -m -k</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>wsmcomp 4.xml raidstate -m -k </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=718204600-18111999></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>the -k flag
tells the tool to keep going even if there are
errors.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>now, to check
that the manifest an read the settings correctly, run the settings tool with
teh manifest as the argument. example:</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>settings raidstate</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>you'll see a
bunch of message boxes with each setting displayed ( you may want to turn
off your speakers if you have them - the beeps will drive you
mad!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<UL>
<LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>to backup the
settings run settings.vbs with the /a switch and specify the name of the
settings file. example:</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>settings raidstate /a
raidset.wsb</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>Now, copy the
settings file and the compiled manifest to the destination machine, and run
the settings tool again, but with the /r switch</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Verdana><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999>settings raidstate /a /r
raidset.wsb</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=718204600-18111999></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<UL>
<LI><FONT size=2><SPAN class=718204600-18111999>Go check the app to see if the
settings came across OK.</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
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