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: