---
title: describe
---

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Display details of a member's configuration, shell connection, disk-stores, members, or regions.

-   **[describe client](#topic_gyr_jgz_ck)**

    Displays details about a specified client.

-   **[describe config](#topic_3C2C817D999C4E40AF788808B7B6AF99)**

    Display the configuration of a member.

-   **[describe connection](#topic_591DC6B781B641168E6173E69AC6D201)**

    Display connection information details.

-   **[describe disk-store](#topic_C635B500BE6A4F1D9572D0BC98A224F2)**

    Display information about a member's disk store.

-   **[describe lucene index](#describe_lucene_index)**

    Display information about a Lucene index.

-   **[describe member](#topic_D62F3D42B1D84CF68F03D54D5122806A)**

    Display details of a member with given name/id.

-   **[describe offline-disk-store](#topic_kys_yvk_2l)**

    Display information about an offline member's disk store.

-   **[describe region](#topic_DECF7D3D33F54071B6B8AD4EA7E3F90B)**

    Display the attributes and key information of a region.

## <a id="topic_gyr_jgz_ck" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe client

Displays details about a specified client.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe client --clientID=value
```

**Parameters, describe client:**

| Name                                             | Description                                                                                                                                     |
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;clientID</span> | *Required.* ID of the client. To find a client ID, you can use the `list clients` command to display a list of connected clients and their IDs. |


**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe client --clientID=192.0.2.0(4987:loner):58922:7b3398cf
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe client --clientID=192.0.2.0(4987:loner):58922:7b3398cf
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Primary Servers                : 192.0.2.0(server1:5764)<v1>:15189
Secondary Servers              : 192.0.2.0(server2:5891)<v2>:39082
CPU                            : 0
Number of Cache Listner Calls  : 0
Number of Gets                 : 0
Number of Misses               : 0
Number of Puts                 : 0
Number of Threads              : 0
Process CPU Time (nanoseconds) : 0
Queue size                     : 1
UP Time (seconds)              : 67
Is Durable                     : No
```

## <a id="topic_3C2C817D999C4E40AF788808B7B6AF99" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe config

Display the configuration of a member.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe config --member=value [--hide-defaults(=value)?]
```

**Parameters, describe config:**

| Name                                                  | Description                                                                      | Default Value |
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-member </span>       | Name or ID of a member whose configuration is to be shown.                       |               |
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-hide-defaults</span> | Whether to hide configuration information for properties with the default value. | true          |


**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe config --member=Member1;
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe config --member=server1
Configuration of member : "server1"


JVM command line arguments
-----------------------------------
-Dgemfire.mcast-port=0
-Dgemfire.locators=localhost[10334]

GemFire properties defined using the API
................................................
log-file                                 : vf.gf.server.log
name                                     : server1

GemFire properties defined at the runtime
................................................
log-level                                 : finest
statistic-sampling-enabled                : true

Cache attributes
................................................
is-server        : true

Cache-server attributes
 . bind-address         : localhost
```

## <a id="topic_591DC6B781B641168E6173E69AC6D201" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe connection

Display connection information details.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe connection
```

**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe connection
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe connection
Connection Endpoints
--------------------
GemFireUser[1099]
```

## <a id="topic_C635B500BE6A4F1D9572D0BC98A224F2" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe disk-store

Display information about a member's disk store.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe disk-store --member=value --name=value
```

**Parameters, describe disk-store:**

| Name                                           | Description                                                            |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-member</span> | *Required.* Name/ID of the member with the disk store to be described. |
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-name </span>  | *Required*. Name of the disk store to be described.                    |


**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe disk-store --member=server1 --name=DiskStore1
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe disk-store --name=disk1 --member=server1
Disk Store ID                      : a531bc7b-5188-4510-85d7-de7de30c6671
Disk Store Name                    : disk1
Member ID                          : ubuntu(server1:7467)<v1>:35249
Member Name                        : server1
Allow Force Compaction             : No
Auto Compaction                    : Yes
Compaction Threshold               : 50
Max Oplog Size                     : 1024
Queue Size                         : 0
Time Interval                      : 1000
Write Buffer Size                  : 32768
Disk Usage Warning Percentage      : 90
Disk Usage Critical Percentage     : 99
PDX Serialization Meta-Data Stored : No


        Disk Directory          | Size
------------------------------- | ----------
/home/user/server1/DiskStore1 | 2147483647

```

## <a id="describe_lucene_index" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe lucene index

Describe a Lucene index.

See also [create lucene index](create.html#create_lucene_index), [destroy lucene index](destroy.html#destroy_lucene_index), [list lucene indexes](list.html#list_lucene_indexes) and [search lucene](search.html#search_lucene).

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe lucene index --name=value --region=value
```

**Parameters, describe lucene index:**

| Name                                               | Description                                                                  |
|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-name</span>       | *Required.* Name of the Lucene index to describe                          |
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-region</span>     | *Required.* Name and path of the region in which the Lucene index exists               |



**Example Commands:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe lucene index --name=personIndex --region=/Person
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe lucene index --name=personIndex --region=/Person
Index Name  | Region Path |                 Indexed Fields                 | Field Analyzer |   Status    | Query Executions | Updates | Commits | Documents
----------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ------- | ------- | ---------
personIndex | /Person     | [name, email, address, streetAddress, revenue] | {}             | Initialized | 339              | 1008    | 962     | 1004

gfsh>describe lucene index --name=analyzerIndex --region=/Person
 Index Name   | Region Path |     Indexed Fields     |            Field Analyzer             |   Status    | Query Executions | Updates | Commits | Documents
------------- | ----------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ------- | ------- | ---------
analyzerIndex | /Person     | [address, name, email] | {address=MyCharacterAnalyzer, email.. | Initialized | 1695             | 1008    | 962     | 1004
```

## <a id="topic_D62F3D42B1D84CF68F03D54D5122806A" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe member

Display details of a member with given name/id.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe member --name=value
```

**Parameters, describe member:**

| Name                                          | Description                                                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;name </span> | *Required.* Display information about a member, including name, ID, groups, regions, etc. |


**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe member --name=server1
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe member --name=server1
Name        : server1
Id          : GemFireUser(server1:240)<v1>:64871
Host        : 192.0.2.0
Regions     : region4
region5
region3
region2
region1

PID         : 240
Groups      :
Used Heap   : 5M
Max Heap    : 123M
Working Dir : c:\PivotalGemFire70\Latest\server1
Log file    : C:\PivotalGemFire70\Latest\server1\vf.gf.server.log
Locators    : localhost[10334]

Server Bind        : localhost
Server Port        : 40404
Running            : true
Client Connections : 0
```

## <a id="topic_kys_yvk_2l" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe offline-disk-store

Display information about an offline member's disk store.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe offline-disk-store --name=value --disk-dirs=value(,value)* [--pdx=value] [--region=value]
```

**Parameters, describe offline-disk-store:**

| Name                                               | Description                                                                  |
|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-name</span>       | *Required.* Name of the disk store to be described.                          |
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-disk-dirs </span> | *Required.* Directory that contains the disk store files.                    |
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-pdx</span>        | If set (or set to true), display all the pdx types stored in the disk store. |
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-region</span>     | Name and path of the region in the disk store to be described.               |


**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe offline-disk-store --name=DiskStore1\
 --disk-dirs=/home/username/gemfire/mydiskStore1Dir

describe offline-disk-store --name=DiskStore1 --disk-dirs=/DiskDir1  --pdx=true
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe offline-disk-store --name=DiskStore1 --disk-dirs=/DiskDir1 --pdx=true
Regions in the disk store:
  /PdxTypes: -lru=none -concurrencyLevel=16 -initialCapacity=16 -loadFactor=0.75 -compressor=none -statisticsEnabled=false
  /Region1: -lru=none -concurrencyLevel=16 -initialCapacity=16 -loadFactor=0.75 -compressor=none -statisticsEnabled=false
PDX Types:
  com.app.data.PositionPdx: id=1
    long avg20DaysVol;
    String bondRating;
    double convRatio;
    String country;
    double delta;
    long industry;
    long issuer;
    double mktValue;
    double qty;
    String secId; // identity
    String secIdIndexed;
    String secLinks;
    double sharesOutstanding;
    String underlyer;
    long volatility;
    int pid;
    int portfolioId;
  com.app.data.StockPdx: id=2
    int ID; // identity
    String pkid;
    Object position1;
    Object position2;
    Object positions;
    Object collectionHolderMap;
    String type;
    String status;
    String[] names;
    String description;
    long createTime;
    Object[] position3;
    Object aDay;
    Date date;
PDX Enums:
  com.app.data.StockPdx$Day.Monday
```

## <a id="topic_DECF7D3D33F54071B6B8AD4EA7E3F90B" class="no-quick-link"></a>describe region

Display the attributes and key information of a region.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
describe region --name=value
```

**Parameters, describe region:**

| Name                                          | Description                                          |
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">\\-\\-name </span> | *Required.* Name/Path of the region to be described. |


**Example Commands:**

``` pre
describe region --name=region1
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>describe region --name=Region1
..........................................................
Name : Region1
Data Policy : persistent replicate
Hosting Members : server-5
server-4
server-3
server-2

Non-Default Attributes Shared By Hosting Members 

Type   | Name            | Value
------ | --------------- | --------------------
Region | data-policy     | PERSISTENT_REPLICATE
       | disk-store-name | DiskStore1
       | size            | 0
       | scope           | distributed-ack

...........................................................
Name             : Region1
Data Policy      : empty
Accessor Members : server-1

Non-Default Attributes Shared By Accessor Members  

 Type  |    Name     | Value
------ | ----------- | ---------------
Region | data-policy | EMPTY
       | size        | 0
       | scope       | distributed-ack
```
