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

Syntax

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 new snap file to collect diagnostic information from the node.

If this command is run from the command line, the snap file will be created in the /dumps directory on the specified node. Alternatively, if this command is run from a USB drive, the snap file will be created on the USB drive.

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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