Specifications

View Manager Administration Guide
218 VMware, Inc.
Thesvi-supportscriptinstructionsaresubmittedfromaWindowscommandprompt
inthefollowingform:
cscript.wsf svi-support.wsf [/?] [/novclogs] [/dmpdir:<value>]
[/dmpformat:<value>] [/nolog] [/fullbundle] [/filescount:<value>]
[/destdir:<value>] [/logdir:<value>] [/logformat:<value>]
[/zip:<value>]
Alltheparametersassociatedwiththetoolareoptional,mustbeprecededbya
forward‐slash(/),andaredescribedinTable 10‐1.
Table 10-1. svi-support – Parameters
Parameter Description
? Displaystheparametersusedwiththesupportscript.
novclogs vCenterServercontainsdiagnosticscriptsthatcollectserverand
database‐relatedinformationfromthevCenterServerapplicationlogs.
Specifythisoptionifyouwanttodisablethecollectionofinformationfromthe
vCenterServerlogs.
dmpdir Theabsolutepathofthedirectoryfrom
whichtogathertheViewComposer
logs.
Defaultis:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs
dmpformat Theprefixthatwillbeusedtofilterthedmpfiles.
Defaultisvmware-svi-
nolog Disablestheloggingofeventsloggedbythesystemeventlog.
fullbundle Generatefullbundlecontainingextendeddata.Thisprocedurecantakeupto
10minutesandis
omittedbydefault.
filescount Maximumnumberoffilestogatherfromeach folderlocation.Defaultis50.
destdir Theabsolutepathofthedirectoryunderwhichthelogdatawillbesaved.The
defaultistheWindowsdesktopdirectoryofthecurrentuser.Ifspecified,
ensurethedirectorypermissionssecurethelog
data.
logdir Thepathofthedirectoryfromwhichtogatherlogs.Defaultis:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs
logformat Theprefixthatwillbeusedtofilterthelogfiles.Defaultis
vmware-desktopcomposer
zip Specifiestheutilityusedtoarchivethesupportinformation.Ifnovalueis
specified,thedefault(built‐in)toolisused.