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Creating a Compressed TAR File for Updating DMI Schema

This topic contains instructions for creating a compressed tar file (extension .tgz or .tar.gz) on Linux or Microsoft Windows. You use the compressed tar file to update a DMI schema on Junos Space Network Management Platform (see Adding Missing DMI Schemas or Updating Outdated DMI Schemas by Using the Update Schema Menu).

Before you create a compressed tar file, ensure the following:

  • The internal directory structure of the compressed tar file complies with the following format; that is, when you extract the compressed tar file, all files must be extracted to a folder structured as follows:dmi/deviceFamily/releases/osVersion/….

  • The compressed tar file has the .tgz or .tar.gz extension.

  • You have the username and password for xml.juniper.net, which are your Juniper Networks support credentials.

Note:

In this topic, we provide examples that contain only HTTPS URLs. However, both HTTP and HTTPS URLs are supported. If the repository (whose URL is being entered) supports both HTTP and HTTPS access, we recommend that you use an HTTPS URL.

This topic contains the following sections:

Creating a Compressed Tar File on Linux

To create a compressed tar file (for updating DMI schema) on Linux:

  1. Install the Subversion (SVN) client on Linux. To install Subversion client on Linux, refer to Installing Subversion or other relevant documentation.
  2. Create a temporary directory.
  3. Navigate to the temporary directory created in the preceding step.
  4. Check out the files from Subversion by executing the following command:

    svn --username=userName --password=userPwd co dmiRepositoryURL

    where userName and userPwd are the username and password required to access xml.juniper.net , and dmiRepositoryURL is the URL of the repository folder that you want to checkout.

    Examples of the DMI respository URLs are shown in Table 1.

    Table 1: Sample URLs for the Repository

    Type

    Example URL

    For the whole Junos OS family

    https://xml.juniper.net/dmi/repository/trunk/junos

    For a device family

    https://xml.juniper.net/dmi/repository/trunk/junos-es/

    For a selected OS version

    https://xml.juniper.net/dmi/repository/trunk/junos-ex/releases/11.2R2.4/
  5. Tar the dmi directory by executing the following command from within the directory containing the dmi directory:

    tar czvf filename dmi

    where filename is the same of the compressed tar file. You can use any filename as long as the extension of the file is .tgz or .tar.gz

The compressed tar file is now ready for uploading into Junos Space Platform.

Creating a Compressed Tar File on Microsoft Windows

To create a compressed tar file (for updating DMI schema) on Microsoft Windows:

  1. Install the Subversion (SVN) client on Microsoft Windows from the following location: https://tortoisesvn.net/ .
    Note:

    To install the Subversion client, you can also use any software or tool that is equivalent to TortoiseSVN.

  2. Install 7-Zip to generate a compressed tar file on Microsoft Windows by using the following link: http://www.7-zip.org/ .
    Note:

    To generate the compressed tar file, you can also use any software or tool that is equivalent to 7-Zip.

  3. Create a temporary folder.
    Note:

    You can use any name for the temporary folder.

  4. Create a folder called dmi within the previously created temporary folder.
  5. Right-click the dmi folder and select SVN Checkout:

    A dialog box is displayed.

  6. In the URL of repository field, enter the full URL of the repository. Refer to Table 1 for examples of URLs that you can enter.
  7. In the Checkout directory field, enter the full path of the checkout directory; for example, C:\test\dmi\junos-es\.
    Note:

    The portion of the path to the right of the dmi folder must be equivalent to the corresponding portion after trunk in the URL of the repository. For example, if the repository URL is https://xml.juniper.net/dmi/repository/trunk/junos-es/ the checkout directory path is C:\test\dmi\junos-es\, and if the repository URL is https://xml.juniper.net/dmi/repository/trunk/junos-es/releases/10.1R3/, the checkout directory path is C:\test\dmi\junos-es\releases\10.1R3\.

  8. In the Checkout depth field, enter Fully recursive.
  9. Ensure that the Omit externals check box is cleared.
  10. Select HEAD revision.
  11. Click OK, and if you are prompted to, provide credentials.

    The files are checked out from the Subversion repository into the specified folder.

  12. Create the tar file from the dmi folder using 7-Zip:
    1. Right-click the dmi folder and select 7-Zip.
    2. Click Add to Archive.
    3. In the Archive Format field, select tar.
    4. Click OK
  13. Compress the tar file file using 7-Zip:

    1. Right-click the dmi.tar file and select 7-Zip.

    2. Click Add to Archive.

    3. In the Archive Format field, select gzip.

    4. Click OK

  14. (Optional) Rename the *.tar.gz file to *.tgz

The compressed tar file is now ready for uploading into Junos Space Platform.

Schemas Available in Junos Space Platform

Table 2 displays information about the schemas available for use in Junos Space Network Management Platform.

Table 2: Schema Name Mapping Information

Schema Family

Device Family Series

junos

ACX Series/J Series/M Series/MX Series/T Series/TX Series/PTX Series/EX92xx Series

junos-es

J Series/SRX Series/LN Series

junos-ex

EX Series

media-flow

Junos Content Encore

junos-qfx

QFX Series

junos-qf

QF

bxos

BXOS

tcaos

TCA Series

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