supportconfig作为Linux系统shell编写的工具，其功能是非常强大的，但还是有很多人对supportconfig工具不了解，不知如何使用supportconfig工具，下面小编就简单的给大家介绍下Linux安装使用supportconfig的方法。
一、supportconfig的安装
可以通过yast进行安装，也可以通过zypper命令进行安装，安装命令如下：
直接使用源进行安装
代码如下
#zypper install supportutils
也可以将rpm包下载下来使用yast进行安装或者在yast的管理界面里查找安装
#yast install supportutils-xxx.rpm
注：根据系统的版本不同，包名也可能是supportconfig 。
安装完成后可以使用rpm -ql supportutils 查看包中具体包含的文件信息，如下：
代码如下
# rpm -ql supportutils
/etc/schealth.conf
/etc/supportconfig.conf
/sbin/chkbin
/sbin/supportconfig
/usr/bin/schealth
/usr/share/man/man5/supportconfig.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/chkbin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/supportconfig.8.gz
注：上面的结果是在 suse11 sp1企业版上的测试的结果，在opensuse 13上目录结构会略有不同，其上使用的是新版本的supportconfig。
二、supportconfig用法
以下是supportconfig的帮助输出
代码如下
# supportconfig -h
=============================================================================
Support Utilities - Supportconfig
Script Version： 2.25-197
Script Date： 2010 04 02
=============================================================================
Usage： supportconfig ［OPTION ［OPTION 。。。］］
-h This screen
-A Activates all supportconfig functions with additional logging and full
rpm verification.
-B 《string》 Custom tar ball file name element
-C Creates a new default /etc/supportconfig.conf
-D Use defaults; ignore /etc/supportconfig.conf
-E 《string》 Contact email address
-F Display available supportconfig feature keywords （case-sensitive） used
with -i and -x
-G 《gpg_uid》 The GPG recipient‘s user ID used to encrypt the supportconfig tarball
-H 《number》 Limit number of included HA Policy engine files
-I 《number》 Default log file line count
-L Create a full file listing from ’/‘
-M 《string》 Contact terminal ID
-N 《string》 Contact name
-O 《string》 Contact company name
-P 《string》 Contact phone number
-Q Run in silent mode
-R 《path》 Log output directory
-S 《number》 Limit number of included SAR files
-T 《seconds》 Binary execution timeout
-U 《URI string》 Sets upload target URL and initiates an upload， supported
services include： ftp， scp， http， https
-M 《string》 Contact store ID
-X 《number》 Max system logs line count
-a Upload the tar ball to the specified alternate target VAR_OPTION_UPLOAD_ALT
-b Screen buffer mode
-d Exclude detailed disk info and scans
-e Search root file system for eDirectory instances; -L implied. Be patient.
-f From directory. Don’t collect report files， just use files in that
directory.
-g Use gzip instead of the default bzip2 compression.
-i 《keyword list》
Include keywords. A comma separated list of feature keywords that specify
which features to include. Use -F to see a list of valid keywords.
-l Gathers additional rotated logs
-m Only gather a minimum amount of info： basic env， basic health， hardware，
rpm， messages， y2logs
-o Toggle listed features on or off
-p Disable all plugins
-q Add a uuid to the tar ball filename to ensure uniqueness
-r 《srnum》
Includes the Novell 11 digit service request number when uploading
the tar ball to Novell
-s Include full SLP service lists
-t Target directory. Just save log files here， do not create tarball.
-u Upload the tar ball to the specified VAR_OPTION_UPLOAD_TARGET.
-v Performs an rpm -V for each installed rpm NOTE： This takes a long time
to complete
-x 《keyword list》
Exclude keywords. A comma separated list of feature keywords that specify
which features to exclude. Use -F to see a list of valid keywords.
-y Only gather the minimum y2log files.
Use Ctrl- to try and skip a function that is hanging.
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NOTE：
This tool will create a tar ball in the /var/log directory. Please attach
the log file tar ball to your open Service. Request at the following URL：
https://secure-support.novell.com/eService_enu
If you cannot attach the tar ball to the SR， then email it to the engineer.
Please submit bug fixes or comments via：
https://en.opensuse.org/Supportutils#Reporting_Bugs
=============================================================================
Support Utilities - Supportconfig
Script Version： 2.25-197
Script Date： 2010 04 02
=============================================================================
默认supportconfig或supportconfig -A执行后会将收集后的结果打包为一个nts_主机名_日期.tbz 文件，同时会生成一个以该文件名加.md5后缀的文件。