The Gather System Info tool is a Bash script that gathers and packages a select set of information about a RHEL 6, 7, 8, or 9 system or a CentOS 6, 7, or 8 system.

The information collected by this tool is used by SAS to assist with troubleshooting and to confirm that the environment meets SAS and Red Hat tuning guidelines.

Click the following link for a detailed list of the information that’s collected by the tool: https://github.com/sassoftware/rhel-gather-system-info#information-collected.

More information about the SAS and Red Hat tuning guidelines can be found in SAS KB0036628, "Operating system tuning guidelines."

Use Git to clone the contents of the RHEL Gather System Info GitHub repo: https://github.com/sassoftware/rhel-gather-system-info

Getting Started

The Gather System Info tool is a standalone Bash script and does not require any SAS software. Click the Downloads tab to access the gather_info.sh tool.

You must run the script as root (or sudo) and execute it on any RHEL 6, 7, 8, or 9 system or a CentOS 6, 7, or 8 system.

Results are packaged into a tarball named gather_info_[HOSTNAME]_[DATE]-[TIME].tar.gz. You can attach this file to your existing Technical Support track for assessment.
 

Usage and Results

Optional parameters:
•    -h, --help:        Show usage info
•    -v, --version:     Show version info

Operating System and Release Information

Use Git to clone the RHEL Gather System info repo: