pdcapture: collects service details for diagnosing an issue

Syntax

For Windows:

PDCAPTURE.EXE  <servername> [drive:][path]

For AIX and Linux:

pdcapture take  <servername> <path>

Description

The pdcapture command collects all the necessary service details essential for diagnosing your issue. The data is packaged into an archive file, which you can then send to Software Support.

Note:

Depending on the configuration and specifications of your system, the data capture operation may require a significant amount of time to complete. It is advised to proceed with this operation only when necessary and when instructed to do so by the local service representative.

Arguments

The pdcapture command uses these arguments:

servername: Specifies the name of the server for the pdcapture command. For Windows, use -noserver whenever there is no available server.
[drive:][path]: For Windows, specifies the directory and the path where to store the service information.
path: For AIX and Linux, specifies the path to the directory where to store the service information.

Examples