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Installing, Upgrading, and Running DSET On Linux Operating System 25
Creating One-time Report (Zero Footprint Report
Collection) On Linux Operating System
DSET enables you to generate configuration report without permanently
installing DSET. This is also known as zero footprint report collection. After
the report is generated and saved on the system, all files used to create the
report are removed from the system.
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)-(Version
Number).bin
file.
The
License Agreement
is displayed along with the following message:
Do you agree to the above license terms? ('y' for
yes | 'Enter' to exit):
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:
• Do you want collect info for all hardware
categories [y|n]:
• Do you want collect info for all storage
categories [y|n]:
• Do you want collect info for all software
categories [y|n]:
• Do you want collect linux log files [y|n]:
• Do you want collect advanced log files [y|n]:
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: