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.TH ovs\-bugtool 8 "2.3.0" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
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.SH NAME
ovs\-bugtool \- Open vSwitch bug reporting utility
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ovs\-bugtool
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.SH DESCRIPTION
Generate a debug bundle with useful information about Open vSwitch on this
system and places it in \fB/var/log/ovs-bugtool\fR.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR"
Use all available capabilities.
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.IP "\fB\-\-capabilities\fR"
List \fBovs\-bugtool\fR capabilities.
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.IP "\fB\-\-debug\fR"
Print verbose debugging output.
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.IP "\fB\-\-entries=\fIlist\fR"
Use the capabilities specified in a comma-separated list.
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.IP "\fB\-\-log\-days=\fIdays\fR"
Include the logs with last modification time in the previous \fIdays\fR days
in the debug bundle. The number of log files included has a big impact on the
eventual bundle size. The default value is 20 days.
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.IP "\fB\-\-output=\fIfiletype\fR"
Generate a debug bundle with the specified file type.  Options include
\fBtar\fR, \fBtar.gz\fR, \fBtar.bz2\fR, and \fBzip\fR.
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.IP "\fB\-\-ovs\fR"
Use only Open vSwitch relevant capabilities.
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.IP "\fB\-\-silent\fR"
Suppress output.
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.IP "\fB\-\-unlimited\fR"
Do not exclude files which are too large. Also skip checking free disk space.
By default up to 90 percent of the free disk space can be used.
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.IP "\fB\-\-yestoall\fR"
Answer yes to all prompts.
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.SH BUGS
\fBovs\-bugtool\fR makes many assumptions about file locations and the
availability of system utilities.  It has been tested on Debian and
Red Hat and derived distributions.  On other distributions it is
likely to be less useful.