7 .TH ovs\-bugtool 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
8 .\" This program's name:
12 ovs\-bugtool \- Open vSwitch bug reporting utility
18 Generates a debug bundle with useful information about Open vSwitch on this
19 system and places it in \fB/var/log/ovs-bugtool\fR.
21 .SH "COLLECTION OPTIONS"
23 These options influence what categories of data \fBovs\-bugtool\fR
26 .IP "\fB\-\-entries=\fIlist\fR"
27 Collect the capabilities specified in the comma-separated \fIlist\fR.
29 Collect all available capabilities.
31 In addition to Open vSwitch configuration and status,
32 \fBovs\-bugtool\fR can collect a variety of relevant system
33 information. This option limits collection to Open vSwitch-specific
35 .IP "\fB\-\-log\-days=\fIdays\fR"
36 Include the logs with last modification time in the previous \fIdays\fR days
37 in the debug bundle. The number of log files included has a big impact on the
38 eventual bundle size. The default value is 20 days.
40 .IQ "\fB\-\-yestoall\fR"
41 Answer yes to all prompts.
42 .IP "\fB\-\-capabilities\fR"
43 Writes the categories that \fBovs\-bugtool\fR can collect on stdout in
48 These options influence the format and destination of
49 \fBovs\-bugtool\fR output.
51 .IP "\fB\-\-output=\fIfiletype\fR"
52 Generates a debug bundle with the specified file type. Options include
53 \fBtar\fR, \fBtar.gz\fR, \fBtar.bz2\fR, and \fBzip\fR.
54 .IP "\fB\-\-outfile=\fIfile\fR"
55 Write output to \fIfile\fR. Mutually exclusive with \fB\-\-outfd\fR.
56 .IP "\fB\-\-outfd=\fIfd\fR"
57 Write output to file descriptor \fIfd\fR. This option must be used
58 with \fB\-\-output=tar\fR.
59 .IP "\fB\-\-unlimited\fR"
60 Do not exclude files which are too large. Also skip checking free disk space.
61 By default up to 90 percent of the free disk space can be used.
63 Print verbose debugging output.
68 .IQ "\fB\-\-silent\fR"
69 Suppress most output to stdout.
71 Print a summary of \fBovs\-bugtool\fR usage to stdout, then exit.
75 Here's a collection of some commonly useful options:
77 \fBovs\-bugtool \-y \-s \-\-output=tar.gz \-\-outfile=/var/log/bugtool-report.tgz\fR
80 \fBovs\-bugtool\fR makes many assumptions about file locations and the
81 availability of system utilities. It has been tested on Debian and
82 Red Hat and derived distributions. On other distributions it is
83 likely to be less useful.