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Bug 1667992

Summary:	Better describe optional arguments in manpage for listing records
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Jakub Krysl <jkrysl>
Component:	libstoragemgmt	Assignee:	Tony Asleson <tasleson>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jakub Krysl <jkrysl>
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Description Jakub Krysl 2019-01-21 16:06:11 UTC

This is a follow up for BZ 1584243 to better describe optional arguments in manpage for listing records. This comment from the original BZ describe the issue:

--- Additional comment from Tony Asleson on 2019-01-21 15:51:07 UTC ---

(In reply to Jakub Krysl from comment #5)
> > This command should work
> > $ lsmcli list --type FS --fs FS_ID
> > 
> 
> Can you please add it to the manpage? I would expect to find it listed
> somewhere at the --fs, similar way --type VOLUMES is listed at --vol for
> example.
> # man lsmcli:
> --fs <FS_ID>   Required for --type=SNAPSHOTS, list the snapshots of certain
> filesystem.  Optional for type EXPORTS, list the NFS export for certain
> filesystem.

After reviewing the man page I don't think we are doing a good job at describing the cmd optional arguments for listing records.  For example if I run lsmcli list --help

cmd required arguments:
  --type <TYPE>         List records of type:
                            VOLUMES
                            POOLS
                            FS
                            SNAPSHOTS
                            EXPORTS
                            NFS_CLIENT_AUTH
                            ACCESS_GROUPS
                            SYSTEMS
                            DISKS
                            PLUGINS
                            TARGET_PORTS
                            BATTERIES
                        
                        When listing SNAPSHOTS, it requires --fs <FS_ID>.

cmd optional arguments:
  --sys <SYS_ID>        Search by System ID
  --pool <POOL_ID>      Search by Pool ID
  --vol <VOL_ID>        Search by Volume ID
  --disk <DISK_ID>      Search by Disk ID
  --ag <AG_ID>          Search by Access Group ID
  --fs <FS_ID>          File System ID
  --nfs-export <NFS_EXPORT_ID>
                        Search by NFS Export ID
  --tgt <TGT_ID>        Search by target port ID

Please write up a separate bug for this specific addition to the man page, thanks.

Comment 2 Tony Asleson 2019-02-11 21:48:10 UTC

Updating command line help to include the following

...

cmd optional arguments:
  --sys <SYS_ID>        Search by System ID. Only supported for: 
                        (VOLUMES, POOLS, FS, DISKS, ACCESS_GROUPS,
                        TARGET_PORTS, BATTERIES)
  --pool <POOL_ID>      Search by Pool ID. Only supported for:
                        (VOLUMES, POOLS, FS)
  --vol <VOL_ID>        Search by Volume ID. Only supported for:
                        (VOLUMES, ACCESS_GROUPS)
  --disk <DISK_ID>      Search by Disk ID. Only supported for:
                        (DISKS)
  --ag <AG_ID>          Search by Access Group ID. Only supported for:
                        (ACCESS_GROUPS, VOLUMES)
  --fs <FS_ID>          Search by FS ID. Only supported for:
                        (FS, SNAPSHOTS, EXPORTS)
  --nfs-export <NFS_EXPORT_ID>
                        Search by NFS Export ID. Only supported for:
                        (EXPORTS)
  --tgt <TGT_ID>        Search by target port ID.  Only supported for:
                        (TARGET_PORTS)

Comment 4 Jakub Krysl 2019-03-28 11:48:20 UTC

libstoragemgmt-1.7.3-2.el7.x86_64

# lsmcli list --help
usage: lsmcli list [-h] [-v] [-u <URI>] [-P] [-H] [-t <SEP>] [-e] [-f]
                   [-w CHILD_WAIT] [--header] [-b] [-s] --type <TYPE>
                   [--sys <SYS_ID>] [--pool <POOL_ID>] [--vol <VOL_ID>]
                   [--disk <DISK_ID>] [--ag <AG_ID>] [--fs <FS_ID>]
                   [--nfs-export <NFS_EXPORT_ID>] [--tgt <TGT_ID>]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -u <URI>, --uri <URI>
                        Uniform resource identifier (env LSMCLI_URI)
  -P, --prompt          Prompt for password (env LSMCLI_PASSWORD)
  -H, --human           Print sizes in human readable format
                        (e.g., MiB, GiB, TiB)
  -t <SEP>, --terse <SEP>
                        Print output in terse form with "SEP" as a record separator
  -e, --enum            Display enumerated types as numbers instead of text
  -f, --force           Bypass confirmation prompt for data loss operations
  -w CHILD_WAIT, --wait CHILD_WAIT
                        Command timeout value in ms (default = 30s)
  --header              Include the header with terse
  -b                    Run the command async. Instead of waiting for completion.
                         Command will exit(7) and job id written to stdout.
  -s, --script          Displaying data in script friendly way with additional information(if exists)

cmd required arguments:
  --type <TYPE>         List records of type:
                            VOLUMES
                            POOLS
                            FS
                            SNAPSHOTS
                            EXPORTS
                            NFS_CLIENT_AUTH
                            ACCESS_GROUPS
                            SYSTEMS
                            DISKS
                            PLUGINS
                            TARGET_PORTS
                            BATTERIES

                        When listing SNAPSHOTS, it requires --fs <FS_ID>.

cmd optional arguments:
  --sys <SYS_ID>        Search by System ID. Only supported for:
                        (VOLUMES, POOLS, FS, DISKS, ACCESS_GROUPS,
                        TARGET_PORTS, BATTERIES)
  --pool <POOL_ID>      Search by Pool ID. Only supported for:
                        (VOLUMES, POOLS, FS)
  --vol <VOL_ID>        Search by Volume ID. Only supported for:
                        (VOLUMES, ACCESS_GROUPS)
  --disk <DISK_ID>      Search by Disk ID. Only supported for:
                        (DISKS)
  --ag <AG_ID>          Search by Access Group ID. Only supported for:
                        (ACCESS_GROUPS, VOLUMES)
  --fs <FS_ID>          Search by FS ID. Only supported for:
                        (FS, SNAPSHOTS, EXPORTS)
  --nfs-export <NFS_EXPORT_ID>
                        Search by NFS Export ID. Only supported for:
                        (EXPORTS)
  --tgt <TGT_ID>        Search by target port ID.  Only supported for:
                        (TARGET_PORTS)

The "only supported for" list for each command is complete and exact.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:40:28 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2064