brcddb

Python hierarchical relational database for the FOS REST API objects. A layer on top of the brcdapi drivers.

jconsoli
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Python

brcddb

Consoli Solutions, LLC
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Updates 6 March 2024

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes
  • Improved error messaging
  • Updated comments

Updates 11 Feb 2023

  • Added checks for FICON ports with addresses > 0xFD
  • Added zone groups to report

Updates 01 Jan 2023

  • Primary change was shifting from a hard coded best practice table to one dynamically read from a Workbook
  • Several utilitarian additions such as the ability to return FC-4 features in brcddb_login.py

Updates: 17 July 2021

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes
  • Added zone by target analysis to repor
  • Several FICON improvements

Updates: 7 Aug 2021

  • brcddb_fabric.py - Return fabric WWN in best_fab_name() if wwn=False but the fabric is not named.
  • apps/report.py - Added WWN to the fabric name on the Table of Contents page
  • apps/zone.py - Fixed bad call to api_int.get_batch()
  • report/zone.py - Minor display issues cleaned up.

Updates: 14 Aug 2021

The primary purpose of these updates was to support the zone_merge.py application

  • app_data/alert_tables.py - Added current firmware version to software version alert
  • api/zone.py - Added enable_zonecfg()
  • classes/fabric.py - Added s_del_eff_zonecfg()
  • util/search.py - Added common search terms.
  • brcddb_fabric.py - Commented out alert for LOGIN_BASE_ZONED

Updates: 21 Aug 2021

The purpose of these updates was to support the ability to generate CLI zone commands
with the zone_merge.py application.

  • brcddb_fabric.py - Added Added copy_fab_obj()
  • classes/project.py - Added flag for automatic switch add in s_add_fabric()
  • classes/fabric.py - Bug in r_defined_eff_zonecfg_obj(). Added add_switch flag to init
  • util/util.py - Added zone_cli().

Updates: 14 NOv 2021

  • Deprecated pyfos_auth - previously only used in name only.
  • Added util.parse_cli.py

Updated 31 Dec 2021

  • Several comments and user messaging improved
  • Replaced all bare exception clauses with explicit exceptions
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes, especially around the mainframe

Updated 28 Apr 2022

  • Added support for new URIs in FOS 9.1

  • Moved some generic libraries from here to brcdapi

  • Description

A hierarchical relational database using Python data types. Used by the reporting and searching functions.

A simple copy of this folder to you Python Library Lib folder is dequate. In Unix environments, remember to set the executable attribute

Contains the following SAN automation applications:

  • Includes a built in Excel Workbook report generator with extensive zoning analysis
  • Automatically capture data for reporting purposes
  • Capture and graph all port statistics for all ports with the maximum poll frequency supported by FOS
  • Tool to validate Python development environment
  • Sample zoning configuration application
  • Sample applications to use the search capabilities.

See applications for sample modules that use this library.