The snap command on AIX gathers system configuration information and compresses the information into a tar file. Approximately 8 MB of temporary disk space is required to collect all system information, including the contents of the error log.
If users do not gather all system information ('snap -a' command), less disk space may be required (depending on the options selected). The snap -g command gathers general system information, including the following:
- Error report
- Copy of the customized Object Data Manager (ODM) database
- Trace file
- User environment
- Amount of physical memory and paging space
- Device and attribute information
- Security user information
The output of the snap -g command is written to the /tmp/ibmsupt/general/general.snap file.
To run snap, users may run the command:
# snap -gc
Gathering general system information...
........................ done.
-rw------- 1 0 0 886825 Jun 11 12:14 /tmp/ibmsupt/snap.pax.Z
Users can extract the data collected in the zipped snapped file as follows:
Sample Code/Error
# mkdir /tmp/snap
# cd /tmp/snap
# uncompress snap.pax.Z
# tar -xf snap.pax
Users will find most of the relevant output in the extracted folder "./general/".
Users wishing to learn more about this command should refer to the documentation:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds5/snap.htm Third Party Software Installation WARNING
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