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12.1.15 Saving a Log to a File With Snapshot


12.1.15 Saving a Log to a File With Snapshot
This section describes how to save XSCF log information to a file.

To save log information, execute the snapshot command on the XSCF shell. Alternatively, select this operation from the snapshot menu on XSCF Web. All XSCF log information is saved to the specified location.

A field engineer or service engineer saves the log information. The system administrator may also be asked to do so.
Method of Saving a Log
The method of saving a log is described below. For details of the save method, see the subsequent section.
  1. Save the log information locally by connecting a USB device to a USB port of the XSCF unit mounted on the rear panel of the master XSCF chassis.
  2. Save the log information via the network on the terminals that use XSCF Web.
    The data transfer at this time uses an encryption protocol.
  3. Save the log information via the network, on the servers specified with the snapshot command.
    The data transfer at this time uses an encryption protocol.
Note - The USB device needs to be formatted with the FAT32 file system. For points to note about the capacity and any handling of the USB device used to save the log locally, ask a service engineer.
Note - The saved data can be encrypted by specifying the option for the snapshot on the XSCF. For information on handling or sending encrypted log files, ask a service engineer.
Note - In systems with multiple XSCFs, the log of another chassis, such as that of the standby XSCF, can be collected from the master XSCF.
Log File Output Format
The output format when saving a log file is as follows.
  1. File name: This name is automatically generated from the XSCF host name, IP address, and log save time.
    The log file cannot be generated with a user-specified file name.
  2. File format: zip
In the systems with multiple XSCFs, a single generated zip file consists of the information on each chassis of SPARC M12-2S/SPARC M10-4S and crossbar box that compose the building block. If a single chassis number is specified, the logs specific to the specified chassis are saved in addition to the logs common to the system. If all chassis are specified, the logs for all chassis are saved in addition to the logs common to the system.