1.3. Generating an sos report from the command line


Use the sos report command to gather an sos report from a RHEL server.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the sos package.
  • You need root privileges.

Procedure

  1. Run the sos report command and follow the on-screen instructions. You can add the --upload option to transfer the sos report to Red Hat immediately after generating it.

    [user@server1 ~]$ sudo sos report
    [sudo] password for user:
    
    sos report (version 4.2)
    
    This command will collect diagnostic and configuration information from
    this Red Hat Enterprise Linux system and installed applications.
    
    An archive containing the collected information will be generated in
    /var/tmp/sos.qkn_b7by and may be provided to a Red Hat support
    representative.
    
    ...
    
    Press ENTER to continue, or CTRL-C to quit.
  2. Optional: If you have already opened a Technical Support case with Red Hat, enter the case number to embed it in the sos report file name, and it will be uploaded to that case if you specified the --upload option. If you do not have a case number, leave this field blank. Entering a case number is optional and does not affect the operation of the sos utility.

    Please enter the case id that you are generating this report for []: <8-digit_case_number>
  3. Take note of the sos report file name displayed at the end of the console output.

    ...
    Finished running plugins
    Creating compressed archive...
    
    Your sos report has been generated and saved in:
    /var/tmp/sosreport-server1-12345678-2022-04-17-qmtnqng.tar.xz
    
    Size    16.51MiB
    Owner   root
    sha256  bf303917b689b13f0c059116d9ca55e341d5fadcd3f1473bef7299c4ad2a7f4f
    
    Please send this file to your support representative.
注意
  • You can use the --batch option to generate an sos report without prompting for interactive input.
[user@server1 ~]$ sudo sos report --batch --case-id <8-digit_case_number>
  • You can also use the --clean option to obfuscate a just-collected sos report.
[user@server1 ~]$ sudo sos report --clean

Verification

  • Verify that the sos utility created an archive in /var/tmp/ matching the description from the command output.

    [user@server1 ~]$ sudo ls -l /var/tmp/sosreport*
    [sudo] password for user:
    -rw-------. 1 root root 17310544 Sep 17 19:11 /var/tmp/sosreport-server1-12345678-2022-04-17-qmtnqng.tar.xz
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