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Dell System E-Support Tool (DSET) Version 3.6 User's Guide

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Usage Examples

This section provides examples to generate Zero FootPrint report and also reports on your local and remote systems.

On Local System

Example 1: To collect software information and save it in the specified location, run the following command:
  • On systems running Windows

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe -d sw -r C:\temp\software.zip

  • On systems running Linux

    dellsysteminfo -d sw -r /opt/dell/myreports/software.zip

Example 2: To collect information from DSETCIM namespace and save it in the specified location, run the following command:
  • On systems running Windows

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe -n root/dsetcim -r C:\temp\all.zip

  • On systems running Linux

    dellsysteminfo -n root/dsetcim -r /opt/dell/myreports/all.zip

Example 3: To collect report information with report filtering option enabled, auto upload to Dell Technical Support, and save it in the specified folder, run the following command:
  • On systems running Windows

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe -v yes -a auto -r C:\temp\dsetreport.zip

  • On systems running Linux

    dellsysteminfo -v yes -a auto -r /opt/dell/myreports/dsetreport.zip

  • NOTE: If -d option is not specified, then hw, st, sw, and lg data categories are collected by default.

    For more information on report filtering, see Report Filtering.

Example 4: To collect report information and upload to Dell Technical Support using authenticated proxy, run the command:
  • On systems running Windows

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe –a manual –r C:\temp\dset_report.zip –x <IP_ADDRESS> –y lab\test

    or

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe –upload=manual –r C:\temp\dset_report.zip —proxyhost= <IP_ADDRESS> —proxyusername=lab\test

On Remote System

Example 1: To run the report on a remote system, provide the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or IP address of the remote system and administrator credentials.
  • On systems running Windows

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe -s <IP_ADDRESS> -u <USERNAME> -p <PASSWORD> -d hw,sw -r C:\temp\dset.zip

  • On systems running Linux

    dellsysteminfo -s <IP_ADDRESS> -u <USERNAME> -p <PASSWORD> -d hw,sw -r /opt/dell/myreports/dset.zip

  • NOTE: The data collected from ESX/ESXi namespace is lesser compared to the data collected from Windows or Linux systems on which Remote Provider is installed.
Example 2: To collect report information and auto upload to Dell Technical Support using authenticated proxy, run the command:
  • On systems running Windows

    C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe –a auto –r C:\temp\dset_report.zip –x <IP_ADDRESS> –y lab\test –s <IP_ADDRESS> –u <USERNAME> –p <PASSWORD>

Example 3: To collect report information from an iDRAC7 source.
  • C:\Program Files\Dell\AdvDiags\DSET\bin> DellSystemInfo.exe -s<iDRAC IP_Address> -u <username> -p<password> -r C:\temp\dset_report.zip
    • NOTE: Limited data is collected from the iDRAC7 source.

Zero FootPrint Report Collection

Example 1: To collect software and hardware information silently and save it in the specified location, run the following command:
  • On systems running Windows: Dell_DSET_3.6.x.exe REPORTNAME=<NAME> COLLECT=<hw,sw> /qn
  • On systems running Linux: dell-dset-lx(bit)-(Version_Number).bin –qn -d <hw,sw> -r<reportname>

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