Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 525)

OneCapture™ User Manual P010073-01A Rev. A
2. Running OneCapture
Running OneCapture on VMware ESXi
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3. Change the script to executable mode, for example, Chmod 777 OneCapture.
The progress of the script is displayed. For example:
Running Emulex OneCapture Solaris, version
Emulex Corporation Report Utility
Started at Friday, February 1, 2013 12:50:42 PM CST
Initializing report environment for host:solaris
Collecting System Information...
[-] 1% uname -a
4. After the OneCapture script finishes gathering information it creates a zipped
tarball file in its current working directory. Open that file to view the information.
Command Line Interface Parameters
The following are the available CLI parameters.
-h|--help
Displays a brief guide on command usage and supported parameters.
--deaddump
Collects the dead firmware dump data.
Note: This command causes system instability if the adapter is the boot device.
--bootfromsan
Skips collecting firmware dump files for all adapters.
Note: You must use this command if the adapter is the boot device in a boot from
SAN configuration.
Running OneCapture on VMware ESXi
OneCapture for VMware ESXi with a Windows System
Before running OneCapture on VMware ESXi with a Windows system:
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The Windows system must have network access to the ESXi system being
captured. Ensure the firewall rules and network configurations are correct.
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The Windows system can be a guest OS in a virtual machine.
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For VMware systems, the Emulex CIM Provider must be installed before
running OneCapture. If the Emulex CIM Provider was not installed before
running OneCapture, OneCapture will prompt you to install the CIM Provider.
The CIM Provider is used during the dump procedure, and is removed after