| NVME-WDC-DRIVE-ES(1) | NVMe Manual | NVME-WDC-DRIVE-ES(1) |
NAME¶
nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin files and save to a tar file.
SYNOPSIS¶
nvme wdc drive-essentials <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>]
DESCRIPTION¶
For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and saves them into a tar file. The tar file will be in the following format: DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_<Serial Num>_<FW Revision>_<Date>_<Time>.tar.gz e.g. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz
The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).
This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.
OPTIONS¶
-d <DIRECTORY>, --dir-name=<DIRECTORY>
Output directory; defaults to current working
directory.
EXAMPLES¶
•Gets the drive essentials data files from the
device and saves the tar file in current directory (e.g.
DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz):
# nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0
•Gets the drive essentials data files from the
device and saves the tar file to specified directory (e.g.
/tmp/DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731):
# nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 -d /tmp/
NVME¶
Part of the nvme-user suite.
| 01/08/2019 | NVMe |