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:

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Old diagnostics bundles

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Core dumps

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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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