Cmdlets > Get-DtDiagnostics

Get-DtDiagnostics

Collects support diagnostics

Syntax

Get-DtDiagnostics [-ServiceHost] <Server> [-OutputDirectory] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet collects configuration data for use when reporting problems to technical support. Because the diagnostics are gathering several pieces of information, potentially across the network to the machine where you are running the cmdlet, it may take several minutes to complete the information gathering and sending the resulting zip file to the cmdlet machine.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Pipeline Input
Service Host	Server	Specify the server object returned from the New-DtServer cmdlet. For this cmdlet, the -ServiceHost could be your source or target server.	true	false
Output Directory	String	Specify the full location and file name with a .zip extension, on the machine where you are running the Get-DtDiagnostics cmdlet, to store the resulting zip file containing the diagnostics information.	true	false

Outputs

None

Examples

$DtServerObjectAlpha= New-DtServer -Name alpha -UserName domain\administrator -Password password

Get-DtDiagnostics -ServiceHost $DtServerObjectAlpha "C:\AlphaDiagnostics.zip"

Disconnect-DtServer -ServiceHost $DtServerObjectAlpha

A server object is created for the server alpha using the domain\administrator and password credentials. It assigns the server object to the variable called DtServerObjectAlpha. Then diagnostics are collected for the server and stored at the root of the C: drive in the file called AlphaDiagnostics.zip. The connections for the server object are then closed.