How to Collect VMware Carbon Black Endpoint Sensor Logs Using Live Response
Resumen: VMware Carbon Black Endpoint Sensor logs may be collected remotely with Live Response by following these instructions.
Síntomas
How to collect VMware Carbon Black Endpoint and Carbon Black Defense logs remotely using the Live Response Feature in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Console.
Affected Products:
- VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Affected Versions:
- v3.4 and Later
Affected Operating Systems:
- Windows
Causa
Not applicable
Resolución
VMware Carbon Black Cloud's Live Response feature is a method to collect sensor logs remotely from Microsoft Windows endpoints to provide to support for troubleshooting.
Ensure that the Live Response policy is enabled for the endpoint. The default setting is Disabled.
To collect logs using Live Response, an administrator must first Enable Policy, Run Live Response, and then Download Logs. Click the appropriate action for more information.
Enable Policy
To verify that the policy is enabled:
- In a web browser, go to [REGION].conferdeploy.net.
- Americas = https://defense-prod05.conferdeploy.net/
- Europe = https://defense-eu.conferdeploy.net/
- Asia Pacific = https://defense-prodnrt.conferdeploy.net/
- Australia and New Zealand = https://defense-prodsyd.conferdeploy.net
- Sign In to the VMware Carbon Black Cloud.
- In the left menu pane, click Enforce.
- Click Policies.
- Select a policy.
- Click the Sensor tab and verify that Enable Live Response is selected.
Run Live Response
Running Live Response differs based on the version of VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Sensor. Click the appropriate version for more information.
To use Live Response with version 3.6 and later:
- In the left menu pane, click Endpoints.
- In the All Sensors user interface (UI):
- Locate the appropriate Device Name.
- Click the drop-down box under Actions.
- Click Live Response.
- Once Live Response connects, type
cd c:\program files\conferand then press Enter.
- Type
execfg cmd /c repcli capture “[PATH]”and then press Enter. This runs the RepCLI Utility to capture logging.
[PATH] = The absolute path of the log destination folder
Once the capture is complete, a prompt indicates that captured logs are placed in the specified destination folder with a file name of psc_sensor.zip
To use Live Response with version 3.4 to 3.5:
- In the left menu pane, click Endpoints.
- In the All Esensors user interface (UI):
- Locate the appropriate Device Name.
- Click the drop-down box under Actions.
- Click Live Response.
- Once Live Response connects, type
cd c:\program files\conferand then press Enter.
- Type
execfg repcli captureand then press Enter. This runs the RepCLI Utility to capture logging.
Once the capture is complete, a prompt indicates that captured logs are placed in C:\Windows\Temp\cb-temp with a file name of psc_sensor.zip
Download Logs
To download logs:
- Type
cd C:\Windows\Temp\cb-tempand then press Enter.
confer.log is required, it can be directly collected by browsing to C:\Program Files\Confer, typing get confer.log, and then pressing Enter.
- Type
get psc_sensor.zipand then press Enter.
- The file downloads to your local computer with an alphanumeric filename. Rename the file to add a .zip extension.
- Example alphanumeric filename:
36355d97-18f4-416e-be8f-473bda7c30fb. - Example renamed filename:
SensorCapture.zip.
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