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Thesvi-supportscriptinstructionsaresubmittedfromaWindowscommandprompt
inthefollowingform:
cscript.wsf svi-support.wsf [/?] [/novclogs] [/dmpdir:<value>]
[/dmpformat:<value>] [/nolog] [/fullbundle] [/filescount:<value>]
[/destdir:<value>] [/logdir:<value>] [/logformat:<value>]
[/zip:<value>]
Alltheparametersassociatedwiththetoolareoptional,mustbeprecededbya
forwardslash(/),andaredescribedinTable 101.
Table 10-1. svi-support – Parameters
Parameter Description
? Displaystheparametersusedwiththesupportscript.
novclogs VirtualCentercontainsdiagnosticscriptsthatcollectserverand
databaserelatedinformationfromtheVirtualCenterapplicationlogs.Specify
thisoptionifyouwanttodisablethecollectionofinformationfromthe
VirtualCenterlogs.
dmpdir Theabsolutepathofthedirectoryfromwhichtogather
theViewComposer
logs.
Defaultis:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs
dmpformat Theprefixthatwillbeusedtofilterthedmpfiles.
Defaultisvmware-svi-
nolog Disablestheloggingofeventsloggedbuythesystemeventlog.
fullbundle Generatefullbundlecontainingextendeddata.Thisprocedurecantakeupto
10minutesandisomittedbydefault.
filescount Maximum
numberoffilestogatherfromeachfolderlocation.Defaultis50.
destdir Theabsolutepathofdirectoryunderwhichthelogdatawillbesaved.The
defaultistheWindowsdesktopdirectoryofthecurrentuser.Ifspecified,
ensurethedirectorypermissionssecurethelogdata.
logdir Thepathofdirectory
fromwhichtogatherlogs.Defaultis:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs
logformat Theprefixthatwillbeusedtofilterthelogfiles.Defaultis
vmware-desktopcomposer
zip Specifiestheutilityusedtoarchivethesupportinformation.Ifnovalueis
specified,thedefault(builtin)toolisused.