Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version 2.00.00.00 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide

• Export the lifecycle log history. The log exports to remote or local share location.
• View the lifecycle log for a particular device or category
• Add comment to a record in lifecycle log
• Add a work note (an entry) in the lifecycle log
• View the status of a configuration job.

racadm lclog view -i <number of records> -a <agent id>  -c <category> -s <severity> -b <sub-category> -q <sequence no> -n
                                                <number of records> -r <start timestamp> -e <end timestamp>
                                             

racadm lclog comment edit –q <sequence number> -m <Text to be added>

racadm lclog export -f <filename> -u <username> -p <password> -l <CIFS or NFS share>

racadm lclog export -f <filename> -u <username> -p <password> -l <CIFS or NFS share> --complete

racadm lclog viewconfigresult -j <job ID>

racadm lclog worknote add -m <text to be added>

• -i — Displays the number of records present in the active log.
• -a — The agent ID used to filter the records. Only one agent ID is accepted. The value is case-insensitive. Valid Agent-ID values:
  • UEFI_SS_USC
  • CusOsUp
  • UEFI_Inventory
  • iDRAC
  • UEFI_DCS
  • SEL
  • RACLOG
  • DE
  • WSMAN
  • RACADM
  • iDRAC_GUI
• -c — The category used to filter the records. Provides multiple categories using a "," as the delimiter. The value is case-insensitive. Valid category values:
  • System
  • Storage
  • Worknotes
  • Config
  • Updates
  • Audit
• -b — The subcategory used to filter the records. Provides multiple subcategories using a "," as the delimiter.
• -q — The sequence number from which the records must be displayed. Records older than this sequence number is displayed.
  • NOTE: This parameter input is an integer. If an alphanumeric input is provided, then invalid subcommand syntax error is displayed.
• -n — Specifies the n number of records that must be displayed. On Local RACADM, if this parameter is not specified, by default 100 logs are retrieved.
• -r — Displays events that have occurred after this time. The time format is yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS. The time stamp must be provided within double quotation marks.
• -e — Displays events that have occurred before this time. The time format is yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS. The time stamp must be provided within double quotation marks.
• -f <filename> — Specifies the file location and name where lifecycle log is exported.
• -a <name> — Specifies the FTP Server IP address or FQDN, user name, and password.
• -l <location> — Specifies the location of the network share or area on file system where lifecycle log is exported. Two types of network shares are supported:
  • SMB-mounted path: //<ipaddress or domain name>/<share_name>/<path to image>
  • NFS-mounted path: <ipaddress>:/<path to image>.
• -u <user> — Specifies the user name for accessing the FTP server, or Domain and user name for accessing network share location.
• -p <password> — Specifies the password for accessing the FTP server or share location.
• -s — The severity used to filter the records. Provide multiple severities using a "," as the delimiter. The value is case-insensitive. Valid Severity values:
  • Warning
  • Critical
  • Info
• —m <Comment> — User comment string for a record that must be inserted in the Lifecycle Controller log. This comment string must be less than 128 characters. The text must be specified within double quotation mark.
  • NOTE: HTML-specific characters may appear as escaped text.
• -m <Worknote> — Adds a worknote (an entry) in the Lifecycle log. This worknote must be less than 256 characters. The text must be specified within double quotation mark.
  • NOTE: HTML-specific characters may appear as escaped text.

• --complete — Export the complete Lifecycle log as a compressed file. The exported file will be of the type .xml.gz.
• -j<Job ID> — Specifies the Job ID.

• Display the number of records present in the Lifecycle log.

  racadm lclog view -i

• Display the iDRAC agent idrac records, under the storage category and storage physical disk drive subcategory, with severity set to warning.

  racadm lclog view -a idrac -c storage -b pdr -s warning

• Display the records under storage and system categories with severities set to warning or critical.

  racadm lclog view -c storage,system -s warning,critical

• Display the records having severities set to warning or critical, starting from sequence number 4.

  racadm lclog view -s warning,critical -q 4

• Display 5 records starting from sequence number 20.

  racadm lclog view -q 20 -n 5

• Display all records of events that have occurred between 2011-01-02 23:33:40 and 2011-01-03 00:32:15.

  racadm lclog view -r "2011-01-02 23:33:40" -e "2011-01-03 00:32:15"

• Display all the available records from the active Lifecycle log.

  racadm lclog view

  • NOTE: If output is not returned when this command is used remotely, then retry increasing the remote RACADM timeout value. To increase the timeout value, run the command racadm set iDRAC.Racadm.Timeout <value>. Alternatively, you can retrieve few records.
• Add a comment to record number 5 in the Lifecycle log.

  racadm lclog comment edit –q 5 –m “This is a test comment.”

• Add a worknote to the Lifecycle log.

  racadm lclog worknote add -m "This is a test worknote."

• Export the Lifecycle log to a remote CIFS share.

  racadm lclog export -f Mylog.xml -u admin -p mypass -l //10.94.161.103/share

• Export the complete Lifecycle log in gzip format to a remote CIFS share.

  racadm lclog export -f log.xml.gz -u admin -p mypass -l //10.94.161.103/share --complete  

• Export the Lifecycle log to a remote NFS share.

  racadm lclog export -f Mylog.xml -l 10.94.161.103:/home/lclog_user  

• Export the Lifecycle log to a local share using Local RACADM.

  racadm lclog export -f Mylog.xml 

• Export the complete Lifecycle log in gzip format to a local share using Local RACADM.

  racadm lclog export -f log.xml.gz --complete  

• Export the Lifecycle log lclog to a local share using Remote RACADM.

  racadm -r 10.94.161.119 -u root -p calvin lclog export -f Mylog.xml

• Display the status of the specified Job ID with Lifecycle Controller.

  racadm lclog viewconfigresult -j JID_123456789012