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Viewing the statistics file

The statistics log file created is a binary file. To view the log file, you must run the DTStat utility from a command prompt. From the directory where Double-Take Availability is installed, run the DTStat command.

Command

DTSTAT

Description

Starts the DTStats statistics logging utility from a command prompt

Syntax

DTSTAT [-p][-i <interval>][-t <filename>] [-f <filename>] [-s <filename>] [-st <filename>][-IP <address>] [-START <mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm>][-STOP <mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm>] [-SERVER <ip_address> <port_number>]

Options

-p—Do not print the output to the screen
-i interval—Refresh from shared memory every interval seconds
-t filename—Save the data from memory to the specified binary file filename
-f filename—Reads from a previously saved binary file, filename, that was generated using the -t option instead of reading from memory
-s filename—Saves only the connection data from the data in memory to an ASCII, comma-delimited file, filename
-st filename—Saves only the target data from the data in memory to an ASCII, comma-delimited file, filename
-f filename1 -s filename2—Saves only the connection data from a previously saved binary file, filename1, to an ASCII, comma-delimited file, filename2
-f filename1 -st filename2—Saves only the target data from a previously saved binary file, filename1, to an ASCII, comma-delimited file, filename2
-IP address—Filters out the specified address in the IP address field and prints only those entries. Specify more than one IP address by separating them by a comma.
-START mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm—Filters out any data prior to the specified date and time
-STOP mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm—Filters out any data after the specified date and time
-SERVER ip_address port_number—Connects DTStat to the specified IP address using the specified port number instead of to the local machine

Examples

DTStat -i 300
DTStat -p -i 300 -t AlphaStats.sts
DTStat -f AlphaStats.sts -s AlphaStats.csv -start 02/02/2007 09:25
DTStat -server 206.31.4.51 1106

Notes

This command is not case-sensitive.
If no options are specified, DTStat will print the output to the screen at an interval of every one second.
If the statistics are not changing, DTStat will discontinue writing until statistics begin updating again.