The “sosreport” is a tool to collect troubleshooting data on an Oracle Linux system. It generates a compressed tarball of debugging information that gives an overview of the most important logs and configuration of a Linux system, to be sent to Oracle Support.
Among other things, the sosreport includes information about the installed rpm versions, syslog, network configuration, mounted filesystems, disk partition details, loaded kernel modules and status of all services
It has a plugin-based architecture that enables features to be enabled or disabled, and additional functionality added.
To create the sosreport can be as simple as running the command in a terminal, without arguments, as root:
# sosreport sosreport (version 3.2) This utility will collect some detailed information about the hardware and setup of your Enterprise Linux system. The information is collected and an archive is packaged under /tmp, which you can send to a support representative. This information will be used for diagnostic purposes ONLY and it will be considered confidential information. This process may take a while to complete. No changes will be made to your system. Press ENTER to continue, or CTRL-C to quit. Please enter your first initial and last name [fname]: skant Please enter the case number that you are generating this report for: 3-1234567890
On completion, a bzip2-compressed tarball will be created in /tmp (/var/tmp on Oracle Linux 7), along with a file containing the md5sum so that the file’s integrity can be verified by the support representative. The filename will be printed to the terminal:
Progress [###################100%##################][03:15/03:15] Creating compressed archive... Your sosreport has been generated and saved in: /tmp/sosreport-skant.3123456789-182843-6a3d9a.tar.bz2 The md5sum is: 17be8be4266b06efd9726825ff6a3d9a Please send this file to your support representative.
To get more parameter for sosreport
# sosreport -h Usage: sosreport [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -l, --list-plugins list plugins and available plugin options -n NOPLUGINS, --skip-plugins=NOPLUGINS disable these plugins -e ENABLEPLUGINS, --enable-plugins=ENABLEPLUGINS enable these plugins -o ONLYPLUGINS, --only-plugins=ONLYPLUGINS enable these plugins only -k PLUGOPTS, --plugin-option=PLUGOPTS plugin options in plugname.option=value format (see -l) --log-size=LOG_SIZE set a limit on the size of collected logs -a, --alloptions enable all options for loaded plugins --all-logs collect all available logs regardless of size --batch batch mode - do not prompt interactively --build preserve the temporary directory and do not package results -v, --verbose increase verbosity --verify perform data verification during collection --quiet only print fatal errors --debug enable interactive debugging using the python debugger --ticket-number=CASE_ID specify ticket number --case-id=CASE_ID specify case identifier -p PROFILES, --profile=PROFILES enable plugins selected by the given profiles --list-profiles --name=CUSTOMER_NAME specify report name --config-file=CONFIG_FILE specify alternate configuration file --tmp-dir=TMP_DIR specify alternate temporary directory --no-report Disable HTML/XML reporting -z COMPRESSION_TYPE, --compression-type=COMPRESSION_TYPE compression technology to use [auto, gzip, bzip2, xz] (default=auto) Some examples: enable cluster plugin only and collect dlm lockdumps: # sosreport -o cluster -k cluster.lockdump disable memory and samba plugins, turn off rpm -Va collection: # sosreport -n memory,samba -k rpm.rpmva=off
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