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Warning: invoking directly the pdcollect script is deprecated.

Troubleshooting


Problem

This is a warning message you may see when running pdcollect command on the TEMA endpoint.

Symptom

C:\IBM\ITM\BIN>tacmd pdcollect
KUICPD113I: Executing the pdcollect script from local machine...
Collecting environment information...
Collecting system information...
Collecting disk space information...
Collecting network information...
Collecting registry information...
Collecting running process information...
Collecting maintenance information...
Collecting log files...
Collecting OpsLog files...
Collecting history files...
Collecting configuration files...
Collecting errors and warnings from the event log...
Collecting MSG2 files...
Packing collected data...
Warning: invoking directly the pdcollect script is deprecated. You
should use "tacmd pdcollect" command.

Cause

This is a known issue documented under APAR IZ84401.

Resolving The Problem


The new pdcollect implementation (via tacmd) needs the User Interface Extension installed. The pdcollect script is maintained on agents although it is deprecated to avoid breaking the old way of invoking pdcollect.

The tacmd CLI commands are not available because the Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface Extensions of the product code UE are not installed. Install the UE extension to use this function and the
"Warning: invoking directly the pdcollect script is deprecated." message will not appear. Alternatively, you may disregard the warning message as this does not impact the resulting pdcollect output.

Alternatively, you may use the attached copy of the pdcollect utility for Windows platform. For Linux and UNIX platform use the legacy product provided Digup utility located in <ITM_HOME>/bin directory with the -a option "./digup -a".

Related Information

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21575831