The nzhealthcheck command

Use the nzhealthcheck command to run the Netezza® System Health Check tool and view the report on possible system issues.

Syntax

The nzhealthcheck command has the following syntax.

nzhealthcheck [OPTION...] [sysinfo]

Inputs

The nzhealthcheck command takes the following input options. The input options have two forms for the option names.

Table 1. The nzhealthcheck input options. The table provides information about the options that the nzhealthcheck command takes and their explanations.
Option	Description
sysinfo	Generates the Sysinfo Report.
-a, --detail	Shows all rule results.
-d, --daemon	Starts the System Health Check daemon.
-D, --mode=diagnostic	Switches the daemon to the diagnostic mode and restarts it. The daemon works in this mode by default.
-M, --mode=monitoring	Switches the daemon to the monitoring mode and restarts it.
-I, --mode	Display the current status of the daemon and its mode.
-?, --help	Displays detailed help on command usage.
--usage	Provides a short usage message.
-V, -v, --version	Provides the System Health Check version.

Description

You use the nzhealthcheck command to generate the System Health Check Report. You can also generate the Sysinfo Report with additional data about the system that might be of use when troubleshooting problems. When running the command, the Netezza system can be in any operational state.

The nzhealthcheck tool is installed in /nz/kit/share/healthcheck.

Usage

The following provides some of the command uses and sample syntax:

To generate the System Health Check Report with all the evaluated rules listed:
```
nzhealthcheck -a
```
To generate the Sysinfo Report:
```
nzhealthcheck sysinfo
```