.TH SOSREPORT 1 "Tue Feb 20 2007" .SH NAME sosreport \- Generate debugging information for this system .SH SYNOPSIS .B sosreport [-l|--list-plugins]\fR [-n|--skip-plugins plugin-names] [-e|--enable-plugins plugin-names] [-o|--only-plugins plugin-names]\fR [-a|--alloptions] [-v|--verbose] [--no-multithread] [--no-progressbar] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBsosreport\fR generates a compressed tarball of debugging information for the system it is run on that can be sent to technical support reps that will give them a more complete view of the overall system status. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-l, \--list-plugins This will list all available plugins showing which ones will be enabled by the current configuration. It will also show all plugin options which can be modified using the -k option (see below). .TP .B \-n, --skip-plugins PLUGNAME[,PLUGNAME] Do not load specified plugin(s). To specify multiple plugins, separate them with a comma. .TP .B \-e, --enable-plugins PLUGNAME[,PLUGNAME] Enable the specified plugin(s). To specify multiple plugins, separate them with a comma. .TP .B \-o, --only-plugins PLUGNAME[,PLUGNAME] Enable the specified plugin(s) only (all other plugins should be disabled). To specify multiple plugins, separate them with a comma. .TP .B \-k PLUGNAME.PLUGOPT[=VALUE] This is used to specify options for plugins. A list of available plugin options can be obtained from the output of --list-plugins. If no value is specified and the option is a boolean (on/off), it will be set to "on". .TP .B \-a, \--alloptions Enable all (boolean) options for all loaded plugins. .TP .B \-v, \--verbose Increase the verbosity of the output as sosreport is running. Multiple -v mean more verbosity. .TP .B \--no-progressbar Do not display a progress bar (ETA will not be available). .TP .B \--no-multithread Disable multithreaded collection and analysis of the sosreport data. .SH MAINTAINERS .nf Navid Sheikhol-Eslami .fi .SH AUTHORS .nf Steve Conklin John Berninger Navid Sheikhol-Eslami Pierre Amadio .fi