snap

Use the snap command to create a snap file on the node or enclosure that you specify or upload support information.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram snap -clean -stats -ups -config -dump -dumpall -noimm

Parameters

-clean
(Optional) Erases all snap files on the configuration node.
-stats
(Optional) Gathers performance statistics files from all system nodes. Specify -stats or -s.
-ups
(Optional) Gathers the UPS logs from all system nodes. Specify -ups or -u.
-config
(Optional) Generates a new backup for the configuration node. Specify -config or -c.
-dump
(Optional) Gathers the latest dump and livedump information from the configuration node. Specify -dump or -d.
-dumpall
(Optional) Gathers the latest dump and livedump information from every system node. Specify -dumpall or -a.
-noimm
(Optional) Suppresses the collection of the Integrated Management Module (IMM) dump. Specify -noimm or -n.

Description

This command creates a snap file on the node that you specify or uploads specified support information.

Specify the lsdumps command to view the file that you create.

An invocation example

snap

The resulting output:

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Important: The name of the output file (placed on the specified node) is snap.single.nodeid.date.time.tgz.

An invocation example

snap -dump 111584

The resulting output:

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An invocation example

snap -noimm

The resulting output:

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