Compex Systems Advanced SerialRAID Adapters SA33-3285-02 - Manual (Page 383)

-a AdapterName
Specifies the adapter name for which the program must search (for example,
ssa1). The adapter must be known to the searching machine.
-n AdapterUID
Specifies the adapter UID for which the program must search. The adapter
need not be known to the searching machine.
-s SlotNumber
Specifies the slot that contains the disk drive, as shown in the List Output.
Optional Flags for Copy Mode
You can choose either or both of these flags:
-h Prevents the output of progress messages from the program.
-x Prevents the actions of the compress command and of the tar command. The
program copies the dump directly to the specified output point (-o).
Note: You must ensure that the specified output point has enough free space
to hold the dump.
Output
The ssa_getdump command sends all error messages to stderr, and the following to
stdout.
v Header messages
v List mode output
v Copy progress messages
The command generates these return codes:
0 The command has completed successfully.
1 Some parameters are not correct.
2 The disk name is not valid, or the pdisk is not present.
3 The name of the SSA adapter is not correct or not valid.
4 The UID or slot number of the SSA adapter is not correct.
5 Cannot open the file or directory in the temporary file /tmp.
6 Not enough disk space is available, or an error occurred during a write
operation to the temporary file.
7 Not enough memory is available.
Note: When in Copy mode, the command reads data from the disk in blocks
of approximately 256 KB.
8 An internal or object data manager (ODM) error has occurred.
9 An error occurred during a read operation in Copy mode.
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