Viewing collected system information

When you collect system information, Dynamic System Analysis saves the collected data in the specified output directory. If you do not specify a directory, Dynamic System Analysis stores the data files in the c:\IBM_Support\ directory on Windows systems or /var/log/IBM_Support/ directory on Linux systems by default.

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The following list provides a description of how to view system information in various formats.

To view system information in HTML format:

If you specify the -v format option, the ibm_utl_dsa_v.r.m_portable_platform command saves the data in HTML format. By default, Dynamic System Analysis creates a set of HTML files in a subdirectory named outputdir/mtm_serialnumber_datetime, where outputdir is the default or specified output directory, mtm is the machine type and model of the local system, serialnumber is the serial number of local system, and datetime is the date and time when data was collected.

To view the HTML file, open the index.html file in a web browser. The left pane contains links for each category of system information, and the right pane displays the related information.

To view system information in ASCII text format:

If you specify the -text format option, the ibm_utl_dsa_v.r.m_portable_platform command saves the data in TXT format. To view the text file, use any text editor.

To view system information in XML format:

If you do not specify a format option, the ibm_utl_dsa_v.r.m_portable_platform command saves the data in XML format.

To view the XML file, decompress the XML file, and then open it using any text or XML editor.

To convert an XML file to HTML format for easier viewing, run the following command: ibm_utl_dsa_v.r.m_portable_platform -v -x -i path/data_file.xml.gz

where path is the fully qualified path and data_file is the name of the compressed XML file that was previously created by Dynamic System Analysis.