When troubleshooting various issues, there is a need to analyze the debug logs and the archived QCS log files located in the Archive folder (under Debug folder).
However the archived files have an extension AZL and it seems that no tool can open such a file. What can be done?
Opening such archived files is usually required by support personnel only. Customers will be seldom asked to perform this task, but it is still good to know how such files could be extracted if someone wants to analyze them.
You need to use the UnPacker.exe tool to extract the azl files. This small tool is shipped with QCS and is located in your QCS installation directory. By default \Program Files\Quest Software\Collaboration Services\3.1.399.00. Please note last directory "3.1.399.00" depends on your current QCS version.
Run the tool and follow the details:
UnPacker version 1.0.0.1
Usage: UnPacker [/?|h|help] [/v|version] [/x] [/xc] [/l] ["Archive name"] [/r] [/d <value>] [/f <value>]... [/reg] [/unreg] [/s]
/? Show usage.
/v Show version.
/x Extract files from archive
/xc Extract all files from corrupted archive
/l List archive contents
"Archive name" Archive name or path for recursive archives search if key /r is specified
/r Recursive archives search
/d <value> Destination path
/f <value> Files to extract
/reg Register archive file extension
/unreg Unregister archive file extension
/s Confirm extraction
You can run the tool with the switch /x to unzip the Archive file but if you execute the tool with the switch /reg, then the tool (UnPacker) will be always associated with the extension azl and will always open any azl file as soon as you double-click on such a file.
For you convenience the tool is also attached to this article, please rename the extension from txt to exe.
