nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Man Page

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

For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and saves them into a tar file​. The tar file will be in the following format: DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_<Serial Num>_<FW Revision>_<Date>_<Time>​.tar​.gz e​.g​. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731​.tar​.gz

The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0)​.

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature​. Results for any other device are undefined​.

-d <DIRECTORY>, --dir-name=<DIRECTORY>

Output directory; defaults to current working directory​.

• Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the tar file in current directory (e​.g​. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731​.tar​.gz):

  # nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0

• Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the tar file to specified directory (e​.g​. /tmp/DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731):

  # nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 -d /tmp/

Part of the nvme-user suite​.

nvme(1).