1ovs-bugtool(8)                Open vSwitch Manual               ovs-bugtool(8)
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NAME

6       ovs-bugtool - Open vSwitch bug reporting utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       ovs-bugtool
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DESCRIPTION

12       Generates  a debug bundle with useful information about Open vSwitch on
13       this system and places it in /var/log/ovs-bugtool.
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COLLECTION OPTIONS

16       These options influence what categories of data ovs-bugtool collects.
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18       --entries=list
19              Collect the capabilities specified in the comma-separated list.
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21       --all  Collect all available capabilities.
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23       --ovs  In addition to Open vSwitch configuration and  status,  ovs-bug‐
24              tool can collect a variety of relevant system information.  This
25              option limits collection to Open vSwitch-specific categories.
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27       --log-days=days
28              Include the logs with last modification  time  in  the  previous
29              days  days in the debug bundle. The number of log files included
30              has a big impact on the eventual bundle size. The default  value
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33       -y
34       --yestoall
35              Answer yes to all prompts.
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37       --capabilities
38              Writes  the categories that ovs-bugtool can collect on stdout in
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OUTPUT OPTIONS

42       These options influence the format and destination of ovs-bugtool  out‐
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45       --output=filetype
46              Generates  a debug bundle with the specified file type.  Options
47              include tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, and zip.
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50              Write output to file.  Mutually exclusive with --outfd.
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53              Write output to file descriptor fd.  This option  must  be  used
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56       --unlimited
57              Do  not  exclude  files  which are too large. Also skip checking
58              free disk space.  By default up to 90 percent of the  free  disk
59              space can be used.
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62              Print verbose debugging output.
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OTHER OPTIONS

65       -s
66       --silent
67              Suppress most output to stdout.
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69       --help Print a summary of ovs-bugtool usage to stdout, then exit.
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EXAMPLES

72       Here's a collection of some commonly useful options:
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74       ovs-bugtool -y -s --output=tar.gz --outfile=/var/log/bugtool-report.tgz
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BUGS

77       ovs-bugtool  makes many assumptions about file locations and the avail‐
78       ability of system utilities.  It has been tested on Debian and Red  Hat
79       and  derived  distributions.  On other distributions it is likely to be
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84Open vSwitch                         3.2.0                      ovs-bugtool(8)