IPRDUMP(8) System Manager's Manual IPRDUMP(8)
NAME
iprdump - IBM Power RAID adapter dump utility
SYNOPSIS
iprdump [-d directory]
iprdump --version --debug --use-polling --use-uevents
DESCRIPTION
iprdump is used to gather information in the event of an adapter failure. The dump data will by default be
saved in the /var/log/ directory with the prefix iprdump.# where # will be the dump ID of the file. The ipr
dump utility will make a log in the system error log when a dump is taken. Iprdump should be started as a
service daemon instead of run directly. Nevertheless, it can also be started at any time and will properly
handle adapters being dynamically added and removed from the system. When it is run directly it will stay run‐
ning forever in order to process any dump that might occur. You can start it with "iprdump --daemon" to force
it into the background.
OPTIONS
--version
Print the version number of iprdump
--debug
Enable additional error logging. Enabling this will result in additional errors logging to
/var/log/messages.
-d <directory>
Directory where dump data is to be stored. Default is /var/log/.
--use-polling
Do not use netlink/uevent notification, but rather poll for adapter and device configuration changes.
--use-uevents
Use netlink/uevent notification rather than polling for adapter and device configuration changes. If
not specified, polling will be used until the first uevent notification appears, then netlink will be
used.
--daemon
Force the daemon to be run in the background
AUTHOR
Originally written by Michael Anderson <[email protected]>. Rewritten for the 2.6 kernel by Brian King <brk‐
[email protected]>.
February 2005 IPRDUMP(8)
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