Dell EMC Metro node 7.0.1 Administrator Guide

The default format for file sinks is csv (comma-separated values).

The default name of the new sink is file.

The default location for the sink output is /var/log/VPlex/cli.

To add a file sink to send output to the specified .csv file:

VPlexcli:/monitoring/directors/director-1-1-A/monitors> monitor add-file-sink  --monitor director-1-1-A_stats --file /var/log/VPlex/cli/director_1_1_A.csv

Navigate to the monitor sinks context and use the ll sink-name command to display the sink:

VPlexcli:/> cd monitoring/directors/director-1-1-A/monitors/director-1-1-A_stats/sinks
VPlexcli:/monitoring/directors/Director-1-1-A/monitors/director-1-1-A_stats/sinks> ll file
/monitoring/directors/Director-1-1-A/monitors/director-1-1-A_stats/sinks/file:
Name     Value
-------  -------------------------------
enabled  true
format   csv
sink-to  /var/log/VPlex/cli/director_1_1_A.csv
type     file