Using Insight Diagnostics Commands

Command Line Options

Switch Description

-l LanguageCode

Options are: en, fr, it, de, sp, and ja. The default is en.

-v [Level]

Verbosity of output where Level is an integer between 1 and 5. Level 1 is the most filtered level, 5 is the most verbose. The default value is set to 5

-s "mmhhddMMDD"

Schedule automatic execution of survey captures. mm=minute (0-59), hh=hour (0-23), dd=day (1-31), MM=month (1-12), DD=Day of Week (0-6). All fields must be two digits ( 02 instead of 2). Use a single * for don't care fields.

NOTE: If you use * you must quote the date/time value ( -s "0023***"). If no * are used the quotes are optional.

-u

Unschedule automatic execution of survey captures.

-c FILE1 [FILE2]

Compare a survey file to the current configuration. Or, if two files are specified, compare the files.

-t

Output to the terminal.

NOTE: -t and -o cannot be used together

-o FILE

Output to a file. Default is formed using the current date in this format: surveyCCYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.xml (CC=Century,YY=Year, MM=Month, DD=Day, HH=Hour, mm=minute, ss=second).

If a survey compare is being performed the default filename is the same as above except "surveycompareCCYY-....".

NOTE: -t and -o cannot be used together

-f

Overwrite the output file if it already exists.

NOTE: If no -o option is specified this option is ignored.

-? , -h

Display help

Using Insight Diagnostics Commands in Linux

To use the command line switches in Linux:

  1. If necessary, open a Terminal window.
  2. Change to the /opt/hp/hpdiags directory.
  3. Issue the hpdiags command with the desired switch. Example: # ./hpdiags -t
  4. Alternate method: # /opt/hp/hpdiags/hpdiags -t

Performing other tasks in Linux:

Using Insight Diagnostics Commands in Windows

To use the command line switches in Windows:

  1. Open a Command Prompt window.
  2. Change to the c:\hp\hpdiags directory.
  3. Issue the hpdiags command with the desired switch. Example: c:\hp\hpdiags>hpdiags -t