nvme-wdc-drive-essentials.1

NVME−WDC−DRIVE−ES

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NVME

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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.

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