Retrieving log files from remote servers

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Are you looking for a batch file?

by tbragsda · 14 years ago In reply to Retrieving log files from ...

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You could use a simple batch file or two.

In on file list all your servers something like this;

call servername volume file (or whatever)
call servers.bat server1 vol1 arclog

in the second batch file something a little like this;
net use l: \\%1\%2
xcopy l:%3 c:\whatever
net use l: /delete

The first batch file calls the other for each entry. I could make it much more complete, with some error testing etc. Point is, is this what your looking for?

TBR

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Needs more work, but this is the idea.

by tbragsda · 14 years ago In reply to Are you looking for a bat ...

***** Call this batch file LogRetrieve.bat
::
:: Run this batch file. It will call the second batch for each line, and execute based on vars 1-4.
::
@Echo off
cls
Echo.
Echo Setting Current directory to C:\ServerLogs
Echo.
c:
cd \ServerLogs

Echo.
Echo Write Start status to MasterLog
Echo.
Echo. >> MasterLog.txt
Echo Started log retrieve on; >> MasterLog.txt
Date /t >> MasterLog.txt
Time /t >> MasterLog.txt
Echo. >> MasterLog.txt

:: Batch ServerName Volume Directory File
Call LogRetrieveDetail.bat EM-SVR-01 vol1 arcserve ArcLog.log
Call LogRetrieveDetail.bat EM-SVR-02 vol1 arcserve ArcLog.log
Call LogRetrieveDetail.bat DB-SVR-01 vol1 arcserve ArcLog.log
Call LogRetrieveDetail.bat DS-SVR-01 vol1 arcserve ArcLog.log

Echo.
Echo Write Complete status to MasterLog
Echo.
Echo. >> MasterLog.txt
Echo Completed log retrieve on; >> MasterLog.txt
Date /t >> MasterLog.txt
Time /t >> MasterLog.txt
Echo. >> MasterLog.txt

***** Call this batch file LogRetrieveDetail.bat
::
:: This batch gets called from LogRetrieve.bat.
::
Echo.
Echo Running retrieve for server %1. Getting file %4
Echo Running retrieve for server %1. Getting file %4 >> MasterLog.txt
Echo.
if not exist \\%1\%2\%3\%4 Echo File or server not available %1-%2-%3-%4
if not exist \\%1\%2\%3\%4 Echo File or server not available %1-%2-%3-%4 >> MasterLog.txt
xcopy \\%1\%2\%3\%4 %1-%2-%3-%4
if not exist C:\ServerLogs\%1-%2-%3-%4 Echo File not copied error
if not exist C:\ServerLogs\%1-%2-%3-%4 Echo File not copied error >> MasterLog.txt

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Batch file is a possibility but an App maybe better

by eliot.dalgleish · 14 years ago In reply to Are you looking for a bat ...

Thanks for your post.

I was hoping for an application that can manage the files and do a diff on log files.

We have staff with limited experience checking these logs so I was trying to simplify the collating and checking process.

Will investigate the script method as well as searching for an app that will do this.

Any sugesstions everyone ?

Many thanks

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