Symptoms
How to collect trace logs and crash dumps from HALB appliance?
Installing and enabling SSH server
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Login to appliance directly;
- to login directly you should switch console by pressing ALT+F1.
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Specify user: root and password (default password is Pa$$w0rd);
Note: ensure you use the number "0", not letter "o" for the Password. Default password can be changed following this article.
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Execute the following commands to install openssh-server:
apt-get update apt-get install openssh-server
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Enable SSH:
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execute the following command to open ssh config:
nano /etc/default/ssh
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change string:
ENABLED="0"
to
ENABLED="1"
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press CTRL+O to save the changes
Note: ensure you use the letter "o", not number "0"
- press Enter to leave the file name unchanged
- press CTRL+X to close nano editor
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Restart SSH executing the following command:
service ssh restart
Enabling Logging
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In Parallels Remote Application Server Console navigate to Farm > HALB > in the right pane switch to Devices tab > right-click the HALB device > Enable logging > hit Apply.
Note: if logging is already enabled, disable it, hit Apply, enable it and hit Apply again.
Logs can be collected right-clicking on the HALB device > Request Log
Enabling crash dump collecting
To make appliance to collect crash dumps, the following should be done:
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Login to appliance directly or using ssh;
Note: to login directly you should switch console by pressing ALT+F1.
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Execute the following command to enable crash dump collecting:
ulimit -c unlimited
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Restart the appliance VDSAgent service executing the following command:
service 2XHALBAgent restart
Note: to disable crash dump collecting, the following command should be executed:
ulimit -c 0 service 2XHALBAgent restart
Next time the crash of 2XHALBAgent occurs, dump will be collected here: /var/opt/Parallels/cwd/core.
Collecting files from Linux Appliance:
To get the dumps from HALB Appliance download WinSCP tool and do the following:
- Extract the files and launch WinSCP.exe.
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In the Session pane specify Linux Appliance IP address, username and password and click Login.
Note: we recommend copying the whole "/var/opt/Parallels" folder to ensure that all required files are collected.
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