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Introduction

The NMIS Support Tool collects all relevant information regarding an NMIS server's status and configuration which can be used to provide support.  It will also create a simple report that users can use for self-diagnostics.

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support.pl action=[collect/run-bot] [support_file=] [report_dir=...] [public=t/f] [node=nodeA] [node=nodeB ...] [bot=0] [support_file=] [maxzipsize=] [maxlogsize=] [maxopstatus=] [maxoperrors=]  
  • action: this can be set to collect or run-bot.  collect will collect data and use it to generate a report, run-bot will use data collected from a previous scan collect to create the report.  If run-bot is used, you must specify support_file=

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    support.pl action=collect


  • support_file: Specify the location of the support file if using run-bot for action.


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    support.pl action=run-bot support_file=/tmp/myfile.zip


  • public: If set to false all credentials and other sensitive information will be removed and are not included in the archivesupport file.

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    support.pl action=collect public=f


  • node: if defined, the tool will also collect node specific information.  This can be set to * to collect on all nodes, but may make the data file larger than desirable.

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    support.pl action=collect node=NodeName


  • bot: if set to 0, support.pl will not create a support_report.html containing an easy-to-read summary.

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    support.pl action=collect bot=0


  • report_dir: Determines where the support file will be saved. Needs to be full path defined, Default is /tmp

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    support.pl action=collect report_dir= /home/nmis/reports/


  • maxzipsize: Defines the maximum size of the support file in bytes.  Default is 10 MiB.

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    support.pl  action=collect maxzipsize=2000000


  • maxlogsize: Defines the maximum size of the log file in bytes.  Default is 4 MiB.

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    support.pl  action=collect maxlogsize=104857600


  • maxopstatus: Defines the maximum number of status messages.  Default is 500.

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    support.pl  action=collect maxopstatus=138


  • maxoperrors: Defines the maximum number of errors.  Default is 100.

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    support.pl  action=collect maxopstatus=50


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Related Topics

The Opmantek Support Tool