Dell PowerStore Service Scripts Guide

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Software recovery (svc_software_recovery)

This service script enables you to create a bootable software recovery image on a USB drive. After the image is created, you can use the USB drive to reimage the peer node or a node in another appliance.

Usage

Function	Diagnostic and Recovery
Mode	Service
Usage	Service
Requires service user password?	No
Requires root privileges?	No
May cause data unavailability?	No
May cause data loss?	No
Scope	Appliance
Prerequisites	None

Format

svc_software_recovery [-h] --usbcreate [--newcfg] [--savecfgforce]

Optional arguments

Qualifier	Description
-h, --help	Show the help message and exit.
--usbcreate	Create a bootable USB recovery drive that you can use to recover the peer node.
--newcfg	Create a bootable USB installer drive. You can use this action to completely reinitialize a node to the factory state.
--savecfgforce	Create a generic bootable USB recovery device. Other manual steps may be required for a full recovery.