Collecting vBlock Logs--the MotherLoad

 Before testing preparations:

 MDS switches:

 # clear counters interface all
# debug system internal clear-counters all
   Cleared counters for module 1
# terminal length 0
# show hardware internal packet-flow dropped
`show hardware internal packet-flow dropped`

        Module: 01      Dropped Packets: NO

#

 ESXi: 

  #  date ; esxtop -b -a -d 5 -n 2000 | gzip -9c > /tmp/VH1-create-lun-i-o-esxtopoutput.csv.gz ; date

EMCget (from Windows)

VNX:

start NAR file collection

VPLEX:

VPLEXcli: collect-diagnostics
writes to /daigs/collect-diagnostics-out

After testing:

MDS switches:

set logging in putty for everything
 # terminal length 0
 # show tech-support details

UCS Cisco chassis/blades

log into UCS web-interface and select Admin tab near top left and right click "All" under filter anc Create and Download TechSupport Files in the main pane under "Actions".  Then select uscm, etc. and the location where you want the logs stored so you can copy them and upload them for analysis.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/115023-visg-tsfiles-00.html

EMCgrab (from Windows):

dos# emcgrab -h vmhostnaem -user username -password passw0rd

files are placed in install directory of EMCgrab, i.e..   

d:\ESXiGrab-1.3.1\EMC-ESXi-GRAB-1.3.1\outputs\

 

VNX:

stop and collect NAR files
generate and gather SP-Collects

VPLEX:

VPLEXcli: collect-diagnostics
writes to /daigs/collect-diagnostics-out