powervc-diag command

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The powervc-diag command collects diagnostic data from your IBM® Power® Virtualization Center installation. The diagnostic data is collected into a single compressed archive file. It is most commonly used during problem determination activities.

The powervc-diag command is located in the /usr/bin directory. It is not required to specify the path when running the command.

Important: The SSH service must be enabled on the HMC before running this command.

When you run the command, all buffered log information is written to log files on disk. For a list of command options, run powervc-diag --help.

If authentication fails, the following files are not collected:

From the nova info folder:

flavorlist.info
hypervisorstats.info
extensions.info

From the glance info folder:

imagedetails.info

Examples

When you run powervc-diag without any other arguments, by default, logs from management node, all HMCs, all NovaLink and all network nodes will be collected.
```
/usr/bin/powervc-diag
```
When using this command, consider increasing the wait time using -w option as HMC & NovaLink log collection takes more time.

Collect only management node logs:

 /usr/bin/powervc-diag --management-node-only

/usr/bin/powervc-diag --m

Collecting specific logs for HMC and NovaLink node along with management node logs:
```
/usr/bin/powervc-diag --hmcinfo [HMC IP] --novalinkinfo [NovaLink IP]
```
Option --management-node-only cannot be used with options --hmcinfo or --novalinkinfo as they contradict each other.
```
powervc-diag -m -l -c
```

Note: NovaLink logs are collected by default unless -l/--novalinkinfo is used to collect individual NovaLink logs.