Thursday, July 29, 2010

IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) v3.10 (Portable) for RHEL 5 - IBM BladeCenter and System x

IBM DSA Portable Edition is a system information collection and analysis tool that is used by IBM xSeries(R) Service and Support personnel to aid in the diagnosis of system problems.

  1. Please go to: http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5081460&brandind=5000008
  2. Open a linux shell prompt (or command line session)
  3. Login ar root (by using "su" or "sudo")
  4. Change the file permission to become executable
    # chmod +x thefileyoudownloadded.bin
  5. Run the ".bin" file and follow the instructions
    #./thefileyoudownloadded.bin
  6. Please locate the folder /var/log/IBM_SUPPORT and copy the ".gz" file in the folder and send it back to IBM

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