NVME-TOSHIBA-VS-S(1)

💖 NVME-TOSHIBA-VS-S(1) — NVMe Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme-toshiba-vs-smart-add-log — retrieve a Toshiba device's vendor specific extended SMART log page contents and either save to file or dump the contents. iconic vendor-log behavior, honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

nvme [<global-options>] toshiba vs-smart-add-log <device>
                               [--log=<NUM>, -l <NUM>]
                               [--namespace-id=<NUM>, -n <NUM>]
                               [--output-file=<FILE>, -O <FILE>]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

For the NVMe device given, this sends the Toshiba vendor log request and either saves the result to a file or dumps the content to stdout. very demure, very log-page 🫶

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1). you literally cannot skip it, bestie.

The log contents may be associated with the controller, in which case the namespace parameter is ignored. lowkey important 👑

Two logs exist, page 0xC0 (log page directory) and page 0xCA (vendor log page). two pages, one slay ✨

This will only work on Toshiba devices supporting this feature. no cap, it is not universal.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -l <NUM>, --log=<NUM> — Log page: 0xC0 or 0xCA (defaults to 0xCA). Pick your page, bestie.
• -n <NUM>, --namespace-id=<NUM> — The broadcast value 0xffffffff can also be given as all or -1. That is the whole tea. 🍓
• -O <FILE>, --output-file=<FILE> — Output binary file. Defaults to text-formatted dump to stdout. So no file? You get the text dump on stdout. simple as that.

🌈 GLOBAL OPTIONS 🌈

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

• --dry-run — Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it. perfect for when you are feeling cautious.
• --no-ioctl-probing — Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
• --no-retries — Disable retry logic on transient errors.
• -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time. choose one, babe.
• --output-format-version=<version> — Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected. commit to a version era 💅
• --quiet — Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.
• --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir.
• --timeout=<ms> — Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). no clock, no stress.
• -v, --verbose — Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. more v’s, more tea 🔥

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file. the flag wins, periodt.

💜 EXAMPLES 💜

• Get the current log from the device and dumps it to stdout:

# nvme toshiba vs-smart-add-log /dev/nvme0

• Get the contents of log page 0xC0 from the device and save to a binary file:

# nvme toshiba vs-smart-add-log /dev/nvme0 --output-file=log.bin --log=0xC0

👑 NVME 👑

Part of the nvme-user suite. periodt.

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💖 that's the whole page, bestie — source/version: NVMe, date: 10/30/2026, manual page: NVME-TOSHIBA-VS-S(1). byeee! 🫶