Owner's Manual

To run DSET and create one-time report:
NOTE : You must be logged in as root user to run DSET.
1. At the Linux shell prompt, run the ./dell-dset-lx(bit)-3.2.0.x.bin file.
The License Agreement is displayed along with the following message:
2. Enter y.
The installation types are displayed.
3. Enter 2 to select Create One-time Local System DSET Report option.
4. Enter y or n for the following messages that are displayed one at a time to choose the category for which the data
must be collected:
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NOTE : If you select advanced log files option, by default, all the logs are collected and may create large size reports.
5. Enter y if you want to use default file name for the report when the following message is displayed. Else, enter n
to specify a file name:
If you enter n, provide the report name or full path where the generated report must be saved. If the path is not
specified, the report is saved in the root directory.
NOTE : You can only save the report to an internal network path and not a HTTP path.
6. Enter y to enable privacy when the following message is displayed. Else enter n. If enabled, it filters the sensitive
data from the report. To include any of the sensitive data to the report, specify ’No’ in the
/opt/dell/advdiags/dset/config/privacy_presetlist.cfg file.
For the complete list of sensitive data, please refer to “Personally Identifiable Information (PII)" section of Readme.
7. To automatically upload the report to Dell site, enter y when the following message is displayed. Else, enter n:
8. Enter the root credentials of the target system when the following message is displayed:
To proceed further with DSET report collection, it requires the root credentials of the system as it collects the
Hardware data via Common Information Model Object Model.
NOTE : Root credentials are necessary for the DSET Provider to collect inventory or configuration information about
the system. DSET does not store this password. The root password must be specified each time a report is
collected.
The data collection starts, the report is generated and saved as specified in step 5. If you chose to automatically upload the
report, the report is uploaded and the Report uploaded successfully message is displayed.