7 .TH ovs\-bugtool 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
8 .\" This program's name:
12 ovs\-bugtool \- Open vSwitch bug reporting utility
18 Generate a debug bundle with useful information about Open vSwitch on this
19 system and places it in \fB/var/log/ovs-bugtool\fR.
24 Use all available capabilities.
26 .IP "\fB\-\-capabilities\fR"
27 List \fBovs\-bugtool\fR capabilities.
30 Print verbose debugging output.
32 .IP "\fB\-\-entries=\fIlist\fR"
33 Use the capabilities specified in a comma-separated list.
35 .IP "\fB\-\-log\-days=\fIdays\fR"
36 Include the logs rotated in the previous \fIdays\fR days in the debug bundle.
37 The number of log files included has a big impact on the eventual bundle size.
38 The default value is 20 days.
40 .IP "\fB\-\-output=\fIfiletype\fR"
41 Generate a debug bundle with the specified file type. Options include
42 \fBtar\fR, \fBtar.gz\fR, \fBtar.bz2\fR, and \fBzip\fR.
45 Use only Open vSwitch relevant capabilities.
47 .IP "\fB\-\-silent\fR"
50 .IP "\fB\-\-unlimited\fR"
51 Do not exclude files which are too large.
53 .IP "\fB\-\-yestoall\fR"
54 Answer yes to all prompts.
57 \fBovs\-bugtool\fR makes many assumptions about file locations and the
58 availability of system utilities. It has been tested on Debian and
59 Red Hat and derived distributions. On other distributions it is
60 likely to be less useful.