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nvme-ocp-persistent-event-log - Send NVMe persistent event log page request, returns result and log additional OCP-specific data

nvme [<global-options>] ocp persistent-event-log <device>
                        [--action=<action> | -a <action>]
                        [--log-len=<log-len> | -l <log-len>]
                        [--raw-binary | -b]

Retrieves the NVMe persistent event log page from an NVMe device and provides the returned structure.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

On success, the returned persistent event log structure may be returned in one of several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may parsed by the program and printed in a readable format or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout for another program to parse.

-a <action>, --action=<action>

While try to retrieve this log action the controller shall take during processing this persistent log page command. This mandatory field, based on the value issued it may Read Log Data, Establish Context and Read Log Data or Release Context can occur. For More details see NVM Express 1.4 Spec. Section 5.14.1.13 Persistent Event Log (Log Identifier 0Dh)

-l <log-len>, --log-len=<log-len>

Allocates a buffer of <log-len> bytes size and requests this many bytes be returned in the constructed NVMe command. This param is mandatory. If <log-len> given is 0 and action is 0, it will read the Total Log Length(TLL) of the page.

-b, --raw-binary

Print the raw persistent event log buffer to stdout.

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=<version>

Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

•Print the persistent event log page in a human readable format: 
# nvme ocp persistent-event-log /dev/nvme0
•Print the raw persistent event log to a file: 
# nvme ocp persistent-event-log /dev/nvme0 --raw-binary > persistent_log.raw

It is probably a bad idea to not redirect stdout when using this mode.

Part of the nvme-user suite

09/07/2026 NVMe