Diagnostics --collect [--all, Diagnostics --delete [--name <name, Diagnostics --delete [--all – Dell PowerVault DR2000v User Manual

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diagnostics --collect [--all]

Description

Collects all of the current system information (including -- dset) that may be needed during any inventory collection or
troubleshooting with the DR Series system. The resulting file can vary between 500MB and 15GB and includes the
following:

Old diagnostics bundles

Core dumps

Large archive files

DSET reports

Other smaller valuable log files

It will take more than 10 minutes to collect the bundle. If diagnostics are run from the GUI, the diagnostics --collect --all
is the equivalent command in the CLI.

Syntax

diagnostics --collect --all

Result

Collecting diagnostics...done.

Diagnostics file acme9_2012-09-13_09-39-51.lzip created.

diagnostics --delete [--name <name>]

Description

Deletes a specific existing diagnostics log file by name when using the --name option with the DR Series system CLI
diagnostics --delete command.

Syntax

diagnostics --delete --name diags_2012-09-16_16-33-12.lzip

Result

Diagnostics delete: Successful

diagnostics --delete [--all]

Description

Deletes all of the diagnostics files on a DR Series system when using the --all option with the DR Series system CLI
diagnostics --delete command.

CAUTION: Carefully consider before using the DR Series system CLI --delete --all command to delete all current
diagnostics log files on a DR Series system. If you delete all diagnostics log files without first saving them to
another location, all previous system status information that they contained is lost and unrecoverable.

Syntax

diagnostics --delete --all

Result

Diagnostics delete: Successful

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