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NAME

6       nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin
7       files and save to a tar file.
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SYNOPSIS

10       nvme wdc drive-essentials <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>]
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DESCRIPTION

13       For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and
14       saves them into a tar file. The tar file will be in the following
15       format: DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_<Serial Num>_<FW
16       Revision>_<Date>_<Time>.tar.gz e.g.
17       DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz
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19       The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex:
20       /dev/nvme0).
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22       This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for
23       any other device are undefined.
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OPTIONS

26       -d <DIRECTORY>, --dir-name=<DIRECTORY>
27           Output directory; defaults to current working directory.
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EXAMPLES

30       ·   Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the
31           tar file in current directory (e.g.
32           DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz):
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34               # nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0
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36       ·   Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the
37           tar file to specified directory (e.g.
38           /tmp/DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731):
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40               # nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 -d /tmp/
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43       Part of the nvme-user suite.
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