HP Insight Diagnostics Software - Manual (Page 12)

Table 1 Optional command line parameters (continued)
Description Parameter
This option is ignored if -o is specified.
HP Survey Utility output will be plain text. The default is XML format. -p
Run a new HP Survey Utility snapshot and output to a file. The default is formed using
the current date in this format: surveyCCYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.xml (CC=century,
YY=year, MM=month, DD=day, HH=hour, mm=minute, and ss=second). —o
-t and -o cannot be used together.
Overwrite the output file if it already exists. -f
If the -o parameter is not specified this option is ignored.
Append the output to an existing output file. -a
If no -o option is specified, this option is ignored. To avoid XML parsing errors, use
this option with the plain text (-p).
Run a diagnosis of all diagnosable devices. The test results are posted to the Diagnosis
Log (diagnosislog.xml). –rd
Display help. -? , -h
Using HP Insight Diagnostics commands in Linux
To use the command line switches in Linux:
1.
Open a terminal window if necessary.
2. Change to the /opt/hp/hpdiags directory.
3. Enter the command with the preferred switch.
See the following examples:
•
To capture Survey configuration information for your system, and then send the XML file to a
terminal, enter either of the following commands:
◦
# ./hpdiags -t
◦ Or from any directory, run /opt/hp/hpdiags/hpdiags -t
•
For example, if, every Monday at 5:00 AM, you want Insight Diagnostics to compare the
original HP Survey Utility configuration file to the current HP Survey Utility configuration, and
then save the result to a remote file in plain-text format, enter the following command:
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# ./hpdiags -s "0005**01" -c surveybase.xml -p -o
/mnt/remoteserver/surveycompare.txt
•
To verify the System Management Homepage status on a Linux server, enter the following
command:
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# /etc/init.d/hpsmhd status
Using HP Insight Diagnostics commands in Windows
To use the command line switches in Windows:
1.
Open a console window if necessary.
2. Change to the C:\hp\hpdiags directory.
3. Enter the command with the preferred switch.
12 Getting started