Run the Initial Report

Issue the following command:

# swa report

SWA first builds an inventory of the software currently installed on the system. Then, the catalog is downloaded from HP ITRC.

=======  02/05/08 15:52:35 MST  BEGIN Report on Issues and New Software
          <user=username>  <jobid=systemname>
        * Gathering Inventory
        * Getting Catalog of Recommended Actions and Software

	NOTE: If the system does not have direct access to the web, you can specify a proxy server with the swa report extended option proxy. For more information, see Appendix B and swa-report(1M). SWA supports HTTP basic authentication only. If you do not have a standard proxy, you can also specify an arbitrary command for downloading files. See the extended option download_cmd.

After the catalog is downloaded, the analysis is performed and reports are generated. An HTML report is written to the file indicated in the standard output messaging, and an Actions Summary Report is written to standard output. (Use the -r option to swa report and swa step report to specify the report type written to standard output: action (default), issue, detail, html or none.)

        * Using existing local catalog file
        * Performing Analysis
        * Generating Reports
NOTE:     See HTML-formatted report "$HOME/.swa/report/swa_report.html"

The Actions Summary Report begins with the Assessment Profile. The exact catalog and inventory files used in the analysis are identified. Detailed analysis information follows.

                              Software Assistant
                            Actions Summary Report

ASSESSMENT PROFILE

Catalog Information
   Catalog File: $HOME/.swa/cache/swa_catalog.xml
   Catalog Date: dd month year hh:mm:ss

Inventory Source
   Name: systemname
   OS: HP-UX B.11.xx
   Model: model info
   Inventory File: $HOME/.swa/cache/swa_inventory_n.xml
   Inventory Date: dd month year hh:mm:ss


Analysis Information
   Analysis File: $HOME/.swa/cache/swa_analysis.xml
   Analysis Date: dd month year hh:mm:ss
   Ignore File(s): $HOME/.swa/ignore
   Issues Ignored: n

   Selected Analyzers
      QPK: latest Quality Pack patch bundle
      SEC: security bulletins
      PCW: patches with critical warnings

The analysis depends on the Selected Analyzers. Default analyzers are quality pack (QPK), security (SEC), and critical patch warnings (PCW) because these watch HP's default patch and bulletin recommended actions. You can specify the analyzers used with the -a option on the command line, or by using the analyzers extended option. See swa-report(1M) for more information.

The report then goes on to report the recommended actions.