Specifications

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Using the Diagnostics Management Console (DMC)
3.3 Launching a Diagnostic Tool on a Remote Machine
To use a diagnostics tool on a remote machine, you must change settings on the DMC
Configuration Dialog.
1. Access the DMC Configuration Dialog by selecting Configuration from the Tools menu or
pressing F4.
2. Check the box next to Remote Execution of CLI Tools.
3. Enter the Remote Machine Name.
4. Enter the Remote Login UserName.
5. In the Remote Tool Path field, specify the path of the diagnostic tool that you will use
remotely via a CLI. You can use the Browse Path button to specify the path.
6. Click OK.
7. Locate the tool you want in the list of remote diagnostic applications (on the left side of the
DMC main window), click on it to highlight it, and then press Enter or select Execute
application from the File menu or press F5. You can also double-click on the tool name to
launch it.
Related information:
• Section 13.4, “DMC Configuration Dialog”, on page 74
• Section 3.2, “Launching a Diagnostic Tool”, on page 23 (local machine)
• Section 3.4, “Viewing a Log File”, on page 24
• Section 13.3.3, “Log File Panel”, on page 73
3.4 Viewing a Log File
To view a log file, locate the file you want in the log file list, click on it to highlight it, and then
press Enter or select Open log file from the File menu or use the CTRL+O shortcut. You can also
double-click on the log file name to view it. The viewer that is associated with a given log file and
located on the local machine will be used to view the log file.
For more information about locating log files and the log file list, refer to Section 13.3.3, “Log File
Panel”, on page 73.
3.5 Specifying a Different Location for Log Files
You can use the Browse button on the log file panel to locate log files. However, if you want to
change the default location in which the DMC will look for log files, you can specify it on the
DMC Configuration Dialog. You can access the DMC Configuration Dialog by selecting