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Collecting logs for multiple remote servers

The UpdateXpress application supports to collect logs for the remote servers in batch.

Prerequisite:

The multi-collection function for the remote server is only supported in the ThinkServer/WenTian servers. For details of supported operating systems, see Supported operating systems.

To collect logs, do the following:

  1. Launch the UpdateXpress application. See Launching the UpdateXpress application.

  2. In the Welcome window, click Next.

  3. In the Target Server window, select Multi-server Management, and click Next.

  4. In the Multi-server Management window, select Add new servers into server pool, do one or more of the following, and click Next.

    • To add new servers into server pool, input the IP address range and click Discover in the BMC information area, and select one or more target servers from the Server Pool list.

    • To remove the server from the Server Pool list, select one or more target servers, and click Remove Selected.

    • To verify whether the user name and password are correct for the server, select one or more target servers, and click Scan Selected.

    • To use common BMC credentials for management, select Use common BMC credentials for management, input user name and password.

    • To export the Server Pool list of the current server, click Export. The Server Pool list will be saved in the configure.json file.

    • To import the Server Pool list to the other server, click Import and select the target configure.json file.

  5. Click Next, a message will be prompted to remind users to confirm whether the certificate should be updated. Click Accept to update the certificate.

    Change password
    If users log in for the first time or the password is expired, change the password in the window.
  6. In the Task window, select Collect Log, and click Next.

  7. In the Log Collection Mode window, select Collect BMC Log or Collect FFDC Log or both of them, specify the log output directory, and click Next.

  8. In the Log Collection Result window,check the results, and click Next.

  9. In the Finish window, click the log icon to check the configuration log, and click Close to exit.