RTAS_IBM_GET_VPD(8)

👑 RTAS_IBM_GET_VPD(8) — Power Service Tools 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for rtas_ibm_get_vpd, section 8. It’s giving inventory-retrieval realness on IBM ppc64 systems, and we’re gonna read it together like the icons we are. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

rtas_ibm_get_vpd — retrieve dynamically changing Vital Product Data 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/usr/sbin/rtas_ibm_get_vpd -h
/usr/sbin/rtas_ibm_get_vpd [-l location_code]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so rtas_ibm_get_vpd is a utility that assists inventory retrieval applications by gathering dynamically changing vital product data on IBM ppc64 systems. The output is formatted to be parsed by other applications, so it is not intended for general command-line usage. But also, there is no reason it should not be used in that manner — the tool is not gonna gatekeep you, bestie. 😭💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -l location_code — specify the location code of the device from which dynamic VPD should be gathered. If this option is not specified, dynamic VPD for all appropriate devices will be gathered. slay. 🌸
• -h — print a usage message. simple, iconic, helpful. 🎀

🎀 EXIT STATUS 🎀

• 0 — Success. 💖
• 1 — Usage or parameter error. 🫠
• 2 — Hardware error. 💀
• 3 — The library used to invoke firmware routines, librtas, has experienced an error. 😭
• 4 — The necessary firmware routine is not available on this system. 🙈
• 5 — Out of memory. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lsvpd(8), lscfg(8) — go read those too, bestie. 👑✨

mwah 💋 this manual page comes from Linux, dated May 2004, and the source/version bits are RTAS_IBM_GET_VPD(8). iconic behavior, no cap. 🫶🌟