nvme-wdc-drive-essentials − Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin files and save to a tar file.
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.