PowerFlex 3.x Windows Log Collection Fails
Summary: Automatic log collection, using the Gateway, from a Windows SDC host fails. A log bundle created during manual log collection, by running get_info.bat on a Windows host, does not contain ScaleIO components' logs. ...
Symptoms
Automatic log collection, using the Gateway, from Windows SDC fail with an error message similar to the following:
Command failed: Could not query installed components on node 10.0.0.1 due to: Invalid LIA session A login is required.
LIA service on the Windows host restarts automatically.
Manual execution of get_info.bat on a Windows host produces one or more messages similar to the following:
Cleaning c:\Windows\Temp\PRODUCT_NAME-getinfo can not find directory c:\Progra~1\COMPANY_NAME\PRODUCT_NAME\TB Gathering information from c:\Progra~1\COMPANY_NAME\PRODUCT_NAME\sds can not find directory c:\Progra~1\COMPANY_NAME\PRODUCT_NAME\sds can not find directory c:\Progra~1\COMPANY_NAME\PRODUCT_NAME\SDC can not find directory c:\Progra~1\COMPANY_NAME\PRODUCT_NAME\lia Zip "c:\Windows\Temp\PRODUCT_NAME-getinfo-tmp\WIN-787FF5MSK6U" --> c:\Windows\Temp\PRODUCT_NAME-getinfo\getInfoDump.zip Archive c:\Windows\Temp\PRODUCT_NAME-getinfo\getInfoDump.zip created successfully Note the messages include either or both of the strings COMPANY_NAME and PRODUCT_NAME.
Impact
Support information cannot be collected.
Cause
A software issue in LIA causes the service to restart during automatic log collection.
Incorrect configuration in get_info.bat causes logs from ScaleIO components to be skipped during log bundle creation.
Resolution
Perform the following steps:
1- In get_info.bat, locate the following line:
set PRODUCT=PRODUCT_NAME
If the line exists, replace it with the following line:
set PRODUCT=ScaleIO
2- In get_info.bat, locate the following line:
set COMPANY=COMPANY_NAME
If the line exists, replace it with the following line:
set COMPANY=EMC
3- Perform a manual log collection from the Windows host.
Execute get_info.bat.
Impacted Versions
VxFlex OS versions 3.0.x
PowerFlex version 3.5
Fixed in Version
PowerFlex version 3.5.1