Collecting Cluster Dump For Management Cluster

Learn about pcddump - a powerful utility for collecting comprehensive PCD Management cluster information for offline troubleshooting.

PCD Dump is a powerful utility for collecting comprehensive PCD Management cluster information for offline troubleshooting. This script gathers detailed cluster dump information from Self-hosted Private Cloud Director Control Plane, providing administrators with comprehensive diagnostics and troubleshooting data for effective cluster management and issue resolution.

PCD Dump is available here - https://github.com/platform9/PCDDump

Prerequisites

• Internet connectivity to download the script.
• curl installed
• kubconfig should be exported and kubectl installed with sufficient permissions:

Command

Verify kubeconfig and internet connectivity

export KUBECONFIG=</path/to/your/pcd-management-cluster-kubeconfig.yaml>

# Verify connectivity
kubectl get nodes

Installation

Before running the script, ensure that the prerequisites are met.

• Run this script to initiate the PCD cluster dump generation:

Quick Run

One-line quick run

bash <(curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platform9/PCDDump/refs/heads/main/pcddump.sh)

• For manual execution:

Bash

Manual download and run

# Download the script
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platform9/PCDDump/refs/heads/main/pcddump.sh -o pcddump.sh

# Make it executable
chmod +x pcddump.sh

# Execute the script
./pcddump.sh

The tar output file is saved under /tmp as /tmp/pcddump-$(date +%F_%H-%M-%S).tar.gz

Additional Information

You can upload the /tmp/pcddump-$(date +%F_%H-%M-%S).tar.gz file as suggested by the Platform9 support team. More information in https://github.com/platform9/PCDDump