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DiskSavvy Server Command Line Utility

In addition to the web-based management interface, DiskSavvy Server provides a command line utility allowing one to control one or more DiskSavvy Servers locally or via the network. The DiskSavvy command line utility is located in <ProductDir>/bin directory.

DiskSavvy Server Command Line Syntax:

disksavvy -server_show_commands

Shows disk space analysis commands configured in DiskSavvy Server.

disksavvy -server_start_command <Command Name>

Starts the specified disk space analysis command.

disksavvy -server_stop_command <Command Name>

Stops the specified disk space analysis command.

disksavvy -server_command_status <Command Name>

Shows the current status of a disk space analysis command.

disksavvy -server_command_errors <Command Name>

Shows process errors for a disk space analysis command.

disksavvy -server_delete_command <Command Name>

Deletes the specified disk space analysis command.

disksavvy -server_export_reports -reports_dir <Directory>

Exports disk space analysis reports to the specified directory.

disksavvy -server_import_reports -reports_dir <Directory>

Imports disk space analysis reports from the specified directory.

disksavvy -server_status

Shows the current DiskSavvy Server status.

disksavvy -server_debug_log

Shows the DiskSavvy Server debug log.

Miscellaneous Commands:

disksavvy -v

Shows the product major version, minor version, revision and build date.

disksavvy -help

Shows the command line usage information.

Command Line Options:

-host <Host Name>

Specifies the host name or an IP address of DiskSavvy Server to connect to. If not specified, the command line utility will connect to the local host.

-port <Port Number>

Specifies the TCP/IP port to connect to. If not specified, the command line utility will connect to the default DiskSavvy Server TCP/IP port 9124.

-user <User Name>

Specifies a user name to login to DiskSavvy Server. If not specified, the command line utility will login using the default 'admin' user name.

-password <Password>

Specifies a password to login to DiskSavvy Server. If not specified, the command line utility will login using the default 'admin' password.

DiskSavvy News

12-Apr-2026

DiskSavvy v18.0 redesigns the disk analysis results dialog, adds the ability to filter disk space analysis reports by the report ID and improves the disk space analysis reports dialog. In addition, the new version improves the JSON, CSV, text and XML disk space analysis reports, improves the DiskSavvy GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

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