ovs\-bugtool
Section: Open vSwitch Manual (8)
Updated: 2.13.0
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NAME
ovs-bugtool - Open vSwitch bug reporting utility
SYNOPSIS
ovs-bugtool
DESCRIPTION
Generates a debug bundle with useful information about Open vSwitch on this
system and places it in
/var/log/ovs-bugtool.
COLLECTION OPTIONS
These options influence what categories of data ovs-bugtool
collects.
- --entries=list
-
Collect the capabilities specified in the comma-separated list.
- --all
-
Collect all available capabilities.
- --ovs
-
In addition to Open vSwitch configuration and status,
ovs-bugtool can collect a variety of relevant system
information. This option limits collection to Open vSwitch-specific
categories.
- --log-days=days
-
Include the logs with last modification time in the previous days days
in the debug bundle. The number of log files included has a big impact on the
eventual bundle size. The default value is 20 days.
- -y
-
- --yestoall
-
Answer yes to all prompts.
- --capabilities
-
Writes the categories that ovs-bugtool can collect on stdout in
XML, then exits.
OUTPUT OPTIONS
These options influence the format and destination of
ovs-bugtool output.
- --output=filetype
-
Generates a debug bundle with the specified file type. Options include
tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, and zip.
- --outfile=file
-
Write output to file. Mutually exclusive with --outfd.
- --outfd=fd
-
Write output to file descriptor fd. This option must be used
with --output=tar.
- --unlimited
-
Do not exclude files which are too large. Also skip checking free disk space.
By default up to 90 percent of the free disk space can be used.
- --debug
-
Print verbose debugging output.
OTHER OPTIONS
- -s
-
- --silent
-
Suppress most output to stdout.
- --help
-
Print a summary of ovs-bugtool usage to stdout, then exit.
EXAMPLES
Here's a collection of some commonly useful options:
ovs-bugtool -y -s --output=tar.gz --outfile=/var/log/bugtool-report.tgz
BUGS
ovs-bugtool makes many assumptions about file locations and the
availability of system utilities. It has been tested on Debian and
Red Hat and derived distributions. On other distributions it is
likely to be less useful.