Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Save Storage Array Support Data

Description

This command saves the storage array support-related information to a file.

Support-related information includes:

The storage array profile
The Major Event Log information
The NVSRAM data
Current problems and associated recovery information
The performance statistics for the entire storage array
The persistent registration information and the persistent reservation information
Detailed information about the current status of the storage array
The diagnostic data for the physical disk
A recovery profile for the storage array
The unreadable sectors that are detected on the storage array
The state capture data
An inventory of the versions of the firmware running on the RAID controller modules, the physical disks, and the RAID controller modules

Syntax

save storageArray supportData file="
                                 filename"
                                 [force=(TRUE | FALSE)]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
file	The path and the file name where support-related data for the storage array is saved. Enclose the file path and the file name in double quotation marks (" "). For example, `file="C:\Program Files\CLI\logs\supdat.zip".`This command does not automatically append a file extension to the saved file. A file extension must be specified when entering the file name.
force	Forces collection of support data when there is a failure in securing a lock on RAID controller module operations. To force the collection of support data, set this parameter to `TRUE`. The default value is `FALSE`.