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Appendix A - Preset to Snapshot Batch Migration

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To convert several preset files generated by VIPVS prior to PVS15.14 to its snapshot equivalents, you can run ipvsGenSnapshot with -preset argument.

Example:

ipvsGenSnapshot -name Default -dir . -log default.log -preset Default.PVS1513.vipvs.preset

ipvsGenSnapshot will perform conversion of batch preset file Default.PVS1513.vipvs.preset to Default snapshot.

Since the VIPVS Snapshot Creator form can be invoked outside of Virtuoso, you as an alternative to ipvsGenSnapshot can invoke it either in graphic or non-graphic mode to perform snapshot creation.

To simply invoke the VIPVS Snapshot Creator form, run the following command in your terminal:

ipvs -vipvsSnapshot

Or invoke this form with a specific preset file loaded:

ipvs -vipvsSnapshot -preset <inputPresetFilePath>

To convert several preset files generated by VIPVS prior to PVS15.14 to its snapshot equivalents, you can run ipvs command in non-graphic mode to perform a batch preset file to snapshot conversion. Before doing a batch preset to snapshot run, following steps needs to be performed:

• Declare SnapshotName inside of the preset file
• Declare final snapshot directory via PVS_SNAP_SHOTS_DIRS

Then, you can run batch preset to snapshot conversion as following:

ipvs -vipvsSnapshot -preset <PresetPath> -any_flow -nograph

Following example shows batch snapshot creation using three presets created prior to PVS15.14:

Step1: Decalare SnapshotName in all of preset files:

% grep SnapshotName ./PRESETS/*preset

./PRESET/ColorlessRules.preset: SnapshotName         ColorlessRules"

./PRESET/FDRY1ColorChk_Mx.preset: SnapshotName       "FDRY1ColorChk_Mx_1"

./PRESET/Mx_DecompRules.preset: SnapshotName         "Mx_DecompRules"

Step2: Execute the run script contains:

• Destined snapshot directory declared through PVS_SNAP_SHOTS_DIRS
• ipvs -vipvsSnapshot -nograph execution commands
  

  % cat runBatchPrep2Snp

  setenv PVS_SNAP_SHOTS_DIRS $PWD/CAD_PRS2SNP_BatchDir

  ipvs -vipvsSnapshot -preset ./PRESETS/ColorlessRules.preset -any_flow -nograph

  ipvs -vipvsSnapshot -preset ./PRESETS/FDRY1ColorChk_Mx.preset -any_flow -nograph

  ipvs -vipvsSnapshot -preset ./PRESETS/Mx_DecompRules.preset -any_flow -nograph

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