NetVault 12.4 - CLI Reference Guide

Table 79. nvlogdump
Option	Description
-jobid	Specifies the job ID for which logs are exported.
-filename	Specifies the name of the file to which logs are exported. Depending on the dump format selected, the dump files are created in the binary or text directories under <NetVault Backup home>\logs\dumps (on Windows) or <NetVault Backup home>/logs/dumps (on Linux). If you omit the -filename option, NetVault Backup creates a file named CLI_DUMP_<YYYYMMDD>_<HHMMSS> in the specified format. The binary file has the extension “.nlg” and the text file has “.txt” extension.
-text	Exports logs in text format, and the text file has “.txt” extension. If you omit this option, then logs are dumped in binary format.
-starttime	Specifies the time that serves as the starting point for the log dump. The format to specify start time is YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
-endtime	Specifies the time that serves as the stopping point for the log dump. The format to specify end time is YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

Notes

At least the jobid option or a combination of the starttime and endtime options must be specified to properly use this utility. A combination of the options jobid, starttime, and endtime can be specified to dump logs for a particular job that were generated within the given period.

Examples

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Dump logs for Job ID 50, starting from August 1, 2014, 20:33:04, to a binary file named “nvlogdmp.nlg”:

nvlogdump -filename c:\temp\nvlogdmp -starttime 20140801203304 -jobid 50

nvlogpurge

Description

Purges log entries up to the specified time.

Syntax

nvlogpurge -purgetime <End Time>

Options

Table 80. nvlogpurge
Option	Description
-purgetime	Specifies the time that serves as the end point for the log purge. The format to specify purge time is YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

nvreadlog

Description

Displays log messages.

Syntax

nvreadlog [-h] [-b <days>] [-m] [-d <delimiter string>] [-o <messages>]

Options

Table 81. nvreadlog
Option	Description
-h	Exits after showing historic log messages.
-b	Specifies the start date; it is specified as the number of days before the current date.
-m	Starts the output from midnight preceding the number of days specified with the -b option. You must use this option with the -b option. For example, at 3 P.M., you specify -b 1, logs starting from 3 P.M. the day before are displayed. With the -m option, log messages starting from the midnight of previous day are displayed. If you specify -m without the -b option or with -b 0, log messages starting from the midnight of current day are displayed. If you issue this command at 3 P.M., 15 hours of logs are displayed.
-d	Specifies one or more characters that you want to use as delimiters. For example, -d followed by two spaces would separate each displayed item with two spaces.
-o	Displays specific messages. For example, if you specify -o failed, only messages that contain the word “failed” are displayed. You can specify multiple strings using comma as a separator.