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Chapter 59 Monitoring System Processes and Logs Core and Log Files Send documentation comments to [email protected] tftpd vpm 2021 2930 N Y N Mon Sep 29 15:30:51 2003 N N N Mon Nov 17 19:14:33 2003 Saving Cores You can save cores (from the active supervisor module, the standby supervisor module, or any switching module) to an external CompactFlash (slot 0) or to a TFTP server in one of two ways: • On demand-Copies a single file based on the provided process ID. • Periodically-Copies core files periodically as configured by the user. A new scheme overwrites any previously issued scheme. For example, if you perform another core log copy task, the cores are periodically saved to the new location or file. Tip Be sure to create any required directory before performing this task. If the directory specified by this task does not exist, the switch software logs a system message each time a copy cores is attempted. To copy the core and log files on demand, follow this step: Step 1 Step 2 Command Purpose switch# show cores switch# copy core:7407 slot0:coreSample Copies the core file with the process ID 7407 as coreSample in slot 0. switch# copy core://5/1524 tftp:/1.1.1.1/abcd Copies cores (if any) of a process with PID 1524 generated on slot 51 or slot 72 to the TFTP server at IPv4 address 1.1.1.1. Note You can also use IPv6 addresses to identify the TFTP server. 1. Cisco MDS 9506 or Cisco MDS 9509 switch 2. Cisco MDS 9513 Director • If the core file for the specified process ID is not available, you see the following response: switch# copy core:133 slot0:foo No core file found with pid 133 • If two core files exist with the same process ID, only one file is copied: switch# copy core:7407 slot0:foo1 2 core files found with pid 7407 Only "/isan/tmp/logs/calc_server_log.7407.tar.gz" will be copied to the destination. To copy the core and log files periodically, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Command switch# show system cores switch# config t Purpose Enters configuration mode. OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 59-7