NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       nvme wdc drive-essentials <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>]

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

       -d <DIRECTORY>, --dir-name=<DIRECTORY>
           Output directory; defaults to current working directory.

EXAMPLES

       •   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/

NVME

       Part of the nvme-user suite.