Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic Commandsspcollect (manual version)Selects and places a collection of storage system log files into asingle .zip fileDescriptionThe naviseccli or navicli spcollect command selects a collection ofstorage system log files and places them in a single .zip file on thestorage system. You can retrieve the file from the storage systemusing the managefiles command.Note: This command is not related to the automated SPCollect service that ispart of the Peerwatch service included with FLARE Operating Environmentversion 02.19.xxx.5.yyy or higher. This command lets you run the SPCollectfunctionality separate from the scheduled service. See the spcollect -setcommand to enable or disable the automated SPCollect service.Important: The SPCollect functionality can affect system performance (maydegrade storage system performance).SyntaxPrerequisitesOutputExamplespcollect is used with naviseccli (described on page 37) or navicli(described on page 45) as follows:spcollectFor naviseccli, you must have a user account on the storage systemon which you want to execute the command.For navicli, you must have a user entry in the Navisphere agentconfiguration file.There is no output. Errors are printed to stderr.naviseccli -h ss1_spa spcollectThis example creates a .zip file on the storage system, which containssystem log files.The .zip file has the following format:arrayserialnumber_SPx_date_time_spsignature_data.zip277