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title: DS diagnostic tools
description: The bin/ds-debug.sh script lets you obtain diagnostic information for any DS pod running in your cluster. It also lets you perform several cleanup and recovery operations on DS pods.
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  ds-debug: Debug script
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# DS diagnostic tools

## Debug script

The bin/ds-debug.sh script lets you obtain diagnostic information for any DS pod running in your cluster. It also lets you perform several cleanup and recovery operations on DS pods.

Run bin/ds-debug.sh -h to refer to the command's syntax.

The following bin/ds-debug.sh subcommands provide diagnostic information:

| Subcommand   | Diagnostics                                                   |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| status       | Server details, connection handlers, backends, and disk space |
| rstatus      | Replication status                                            |
| idsearch     | All the DNs in the `ou=identities` branch                     |
| monitor      | All the directory entries in the `cn=monitor` branch          |
| list-backups | A list of the backups associated with a DS instance           |

The bin/ds-debug.sh purge command purges all the backups associated with a DS instance.