PowerFlex 4.x How to generate a smaller log bundle

Summary: The PowerFlex Manager bundle can be a heavy file, which can cause delays when gathering and reviewing it. These are the steps to gather the asmmanager logs, the Tokyo Utility bundle, and the deployment logs. All these files are useful to diagnose an important number of issues and gathering them is faster than gathering the entire PFxM bundle. ...

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Instructions

  1. ASM Manager log:

Output asmmanger logs to a file.

kubectl logs -n powerflex `kubectl get pods -A -o name | grep asmm`   >/home/delladmin/asmmanager.stdout.log

 

  1. PFMP_support script

Engage support to assist with collecting the pfmp_support bundle.

 

  1. ASM Deployment log:

Drop into the thin-deployer shell

kubectl exec -it -n powerflex `kubectl get pods -A -o name | grep thin` -- /bin/bash

Create a bundle that contains all folders and logs for deployments and jobs.

tar -czf  ASMDeployments.tar.gz /opt/Dell/ASM/

Copy the bundle from the container to MVM1.

scp ASMDeployments.tar.gz delladmin@MVM1MGMTIP:/home/delladmin/

Remove the bundle generated inside the thin-deployer container.

rm ASMDeployments.tar.gz

Exit the thin-deployer container shell.

exit

Copy the bundle off the MVM and Upload the bundle to the MFT site.

 

These steps result in two files. These files can be deleted once you have copied them off the MVM.

/home/delladmin/asmmanager.stdout.log 

/home/delladmin/ASMDeployments.tar.gz

Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, ScaleIO

Attachments

tokyo-utils_pkb_en_US_1.tar.gz

Article Properties
Article Number: 000264418
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 13 Nov 2025
Version:  10
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