( ESNUG 361 Item 6 ) --------------------------------------------- [11/16/00]

From: Paul Zimmer <pzimmer@cisco.com>
Subject: Warning -- PrimeTime 00.05 "update_timing" MUST HAVE the "-full"

John,

A quick note to other Primetime users.  Version 2000.05 has a new option
called "-full" on the update_timing command that you may want to know about.
2000.05 has a new feature where it tries to speed up timing calculations by
being smart about what and when to recalculate.  This option *forces*
Primetime to recalculate the timing whether it thinks it needs to or not.

I have found one case (an internal timing endpoint) where the new algorithm
thinks it doesn't need to recalculate, but it does.  You can do a standard
"update_timing" until you're blue in the face, and the report will still be
wrong.

Do "update_timing -full" and everything starts working correctly.

    - Paul Zimmer
      Cisco Systems


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