platform collect-pd

Purpose

Collect a standard set of problem diagnosis data into a single file. This file can be transferred off the appliance for viewing or for sending to IBM support. The resulting output file is the output of a predefined list of command line interface (CLI) commands. The intention of this command is to "script" a number of command line interface (CLI) commands a support person might ask the customer to run as part of problem diagnosis.

Syntax

platform collect-pd [ PDfilename ]

Parameters

PDfilename
Specifies the name of the text file to which the output of the problem diagnostic commands is written. If not specified, the default value is collect-pd.txt. If the output file exists, it is overwritten.

Usage Notes

Related Commands

See platform must-gather, file put, and show log.

Example

Collects diagnostic command data, sending the output to the default output file.
Console> platform collect-pd
Console> file list
collect-pd.txt 79336 bytes created Feb 6, 2012 9:32:17 PM
Console>