NVME-WDC-DRIVE-ES(1)              NVMe Manual             NVME-WDC-DRIVE-ES(1)

NAME
       nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin
       files and save to a tar file.

SYNOPSIS
       nvme wdc drive-essentials <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>]

DESCRIPTION
       For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and
       saves them into a tar file. The tar file will be in the following
       format: DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_<Serial Num>_<FW
       Revision>_<Date>_<Time>.tar.gz e.g.
       DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz

       The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex:
       /dev/nvme0).

       This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for
       any other device are undefined.

OPTIONS
       -d <DIRECTORY>, --dir-name=<DIRECTORY>
           Output directory; defaults to current working directory.

EXAMPLES
       o   Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the
           tar file in current directory (e.g.
           DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz):

               # nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0

       o   Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the
           tar file to specified directory (e.g.
           /tmp/DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731):

               # nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 -d /tmp/

NVME
       Part of the nvme-user suite.

NVMe                              02/16/2024              NVME-WDC-DRIVE-ES(1)