Cisco Support Tools User Guide for Cisco Unified Software
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 Table of Contents
 Part 3. Installing, Upgrading and Configuring Support Tools
 Part 4. The Support Tools Dashboard
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 Part 6. Using Cisco Common Tools 153
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 Part 8. Reference 249
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 Preface
Purpose
Audience
 Organization
Related Documentation
Conventions
 Obtaining Documentation
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 Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products
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 New Features in this Release
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 New Features in this Release
 Support Tools Node Requirements
This section contains the following topics
Cisco Intelligent Contact Above All Management ICM and IP
 Support Tools Server Requirements
Support Tools Node Hardware Requirements
Support Tools Node Software Requirements
Support Tools Server Hardware Requirements
 Support Tools Server / Node Version Compatibility
Support Tools Port Requirements
Support Tools Server OS Requirements
Support Tools Server Network Requirements
 Support Tools Dashboard Web Browser Requirements
Support Tools Listening Port
 Part 2 Support Tools Overview
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 Key Features
About Cisco Support Tools
 Key Features
About Support Tools Components
 About Support Tools Network Topology
Support Tools Server
Support Tools Node
 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the benefit of Support Tools?
 Who can use Support Tools?
 About Cisco Support Tools Frequently Asked Questions
 About Support Tools Utilities
Support Tools Utilities List
 Web Tools
Trace and Log Tools
 Cisco Common Tools
 Enable specific debug tracing in the call router
3rd Party Common Tools
Viewing status, statistics, etc. It is also possible to
 Use to view user-defined number of lines from
 Use to view statistics for the local Workstation
 Automatically restart the host after 60 seconds
 Displays and configures event triggers on local
 Privileged Utilities
 Utility Installation Locations
 Command-Line vs GUI Access
Non-Dashboard Utilities
 About Support Tools Utilities Command-Line vs GUI Access
 Interactive Mode vs. Batch Mode
Working in Interactive Mode
Working in Batch Mode
 Using Tools in Batch Mode
Canceling a Batch Mode Job
Pending Jobs
 Click Cancel
 Interactive Mode vs. Batch Mode Pending Jobs
 Support Tools Security Features
About Support Tools Security
 Using IPSecurity with Support Tools
Automated IPSec Implementation
 Manual IPSec Implementation
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 Part 3 Installing, Upgrading and Configuring Support Tools
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 Installing Support Tools
About Installing Support Tools
Support Tools Installation Tasks
 Collect information for the install
 Post-Installation Configuration
How to Collect Information for Support Tools Installation
 How to Create Support Tools User Groups
 How to Create the Distinguished User Account
To Create Support Tools User Groups
Creating Local Accounts on the Support Tools Server
 How to Create the Distinguished User Account
How to Install the Support Tools Server
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 How to Install the Support Tools Node
 How to Test the Support Tools Installation
Press Enter. The Support Tools Dashboard Login screen opens
Password field, enter your Windows password case-sensitive
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 Configuring Support Tools
About Configuring Support Tools
 How to Modify Support Tools Basic Configuration
 How to Disable Continuous Virus Scan for the Repository
TCP/IP Port
 Supporttoolsroot\repository\system files\
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 Configuration of sysquery and Trace
List/wmi.asp
 Uninstalling, Reinstalling and Upgrading Support Tools
How to Uninstall Support Tools
 How to Reinstall Support Tools
Upgrading Support Tools
 Part 4 The Support Tools Dashboard
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 Using the Support Tools Dashboard
Support Tools Dashboard
 Accessing the Dashboard and Privileges
Using the Dashboard for the First Time
Accessing the Dashboard
Accessing Utilities in the Dashboard
 Selecting a System to Work With in Interactive Mode
Adding a System to the System List
 How to Access the Support Tools Dashboard
To access the Support Tools Dashboard
Navigating and Refreshing Pages in the Dashboard
 How to Use the System Management Screen
To Add a Node to the System List
 To Automatically Add CVP and Support Tools Server Nodes
To Test the Connection to a Node
To Delete a Node from the System List
Click the Add System Button
 Using the Select System Screen
Using the Select System Screen
 How to End a Dashboard Session
Adding a Support Tools Node to the System List
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 Part 5 Using Support Tools Web Tools
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 Using Support Tools Utilities from the Dashboard
How to Use the System Interrogate Screen
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 Component & Sub-components
Interactive
Mode
 Odbc
 Cisco ICM/IPCC Agent Reskilling
 Component & Sub-components Retrievable Only Interactive Mode
 Cisco Agent Desktop CAD
 Cisco CallManager
 Cisco Ipcc Express
 Component & Sub-components
 To Retrieve System Information in Interactive Mode
Cisco Support Tools
 To Retrieve System Information in Batch Mode
To Save System Information to a File
 How to Use the History Screens
To Save Files Returned from a System Interrogate
 To Set an Expiration Date for History Files
To View a Saved File
To Rename a File
 How to Use the Registry Screen
To Delete a File
To Download a File
 How to Use the Registry Compare Screen
To use the Registry Screen
 To Compare the Current System to Another
To Compare the Current System to a Saved Registry File
To Compare Two Saved Registry Files
 Understanding the Compare Registries Display
Click the Compare Registries Files button
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 Viewing Registry Keys for Multiple Customer Instances
To Copy Key Values Between Registries and Files
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 To Save a Registry Comparison to a File
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 How to Use the Processes Screen
To View Processes
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 How to Use the Services Screen
To Save a Process
To Terminate a Process
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 To View Services
To Stop or Start a Service
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 To Save the Services List to a File
Trace and Log
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 How to Use the Create Log Group Screen
To Create a Log Group
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 Click Next
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 How to Use the Log Groups Screen
Viewing Log Groups
Editing Log Groups
Renaming Log Groups
 How to Use the Create Trace Group Screen Batch Mode
Deleting Log Groups
Refreshing the Log Groups Screen
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 How to Use the Create Trace Group Screen Interactive Mode
Creating a Trace Group
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 How to Use the Trace Groups Screen
Viewing a Trace Groups Settings
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 Viewing a Trace Groups File
Editing a Trace Group
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 Renaming Trace Groups
Deleting Trace Groups
Refreshing the Trace Groups Screen
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 How to Use the Schedule Trace Screen
Scheduling a Trace
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 About Log Collection
Products Supported for Log Collection
Collect Logs General Steps
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 What are Merged Logs?
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 How to Use the Collect Logs Screen Batch Mode
To Create a Log Collection
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 How to Use the Log Collections Screen
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 To View Details of Log Collections
To Download Collected Logs
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 Log File Naming Conventions
To Delete a Log Collection
To Rename a Log Collection
Log files use the following naming conventions For ICM
 How to Use the Collect Logs Screen Interactive Mode
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 Using Cisco Tools from a Command Line
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 Command-Line Mode vs Interactive Mode
Selecting a System to Use
Selecting a Different Application Server
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 Getting Help for Command Line Tools
Selecting a Different Target System
Viewing a list of targetable systems
Saving, Viewing, and Retrieving Files
 How to Use the Services Utility from a Command Line
To Access the Services Utility from a Command Line
Embedded Spaces
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 Using the Services Utility from a Command Line
Utility Displays syntax for a specified command
Specified, the utility is run on the local system
Specified, the utility is run against the local system
 Starting a service
Stop Stops a started service on the target system
Readfile, read Directs command input to another input file
Quit, q Ends the program
 How to Use the Processes Utility from a Command Line
Viewing and Stopping a Service Examples
To Run the Processes Utility from a Command Line
 Using the Processes Utility from a Command Line
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 Viewing and Killing a Service Examples
Kill Terminates a started process on the target system
Server
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 To Run the System Interrogate Utility from a Command Line
Using the System Interrogate Utility from a Command Line
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 Repository on the application server
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 How to Use the Registry Utility from a Command Line
Viewing System Information Examples
 To Run the Registry Utility from a Command Line
Using the Registry Utility from a Command Line
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 Command Description
Instance whose registry values will be returned
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 Viewing Registry Information Examples
Invokes the Registry utility
Named customer1
Timestamp.xml
 To Run the Compare Registries Utility from a Command Line
Using the Compare Registries Utility from a Command Line
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 Compare, comp
By SRC =
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 Compare Registries Examples
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 How to Use the Log Groups Utility from a Command Line
Cases these may not be identical instances
Apply
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 To Run the Log Groups Utility from a Command Line
Using the Log Groups Utility from a Command Line
Enter lgtool
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 Rl logname Lsl Lgdesc description Closelg Lslg
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 Creating a Log Group Examples
Repository Renameloggroup, renlg
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 How to Use the Log Collection Utility from a Command Line
To Run the Log Collection Utility from a Command Line
Using the Log Collection Utility from a Command Line
Enter lctool
 Ccolreq Specifies the new collections name
Lcdesc Seticmbinary, bin
Endtime
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 Downloadlog, download
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 Log Collection Examples
As your application server
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 Part 6 Using Cisco Common Tools
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 Call Routers but can X be run from any ICM component
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 Vrutrace Use to output tracing information from a Voice
Utility Description Name
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 Using Cisco Common Tools
How to Use the CICMan Utility
To Access CICMan from the Dashboard
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 To Access CICMan from a Command Line on a Node
Using CICMan Command line Options
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 How to Use the CTITest Utility
To Access CTITest from the Dashboard
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 To Access CTITest from a Command Line on a Node
Using CTITest Configuring
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 Using CTITest Opening a Session
Using CTITest Logging
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 Below is list of frequently used commands in CTITest
Command Parameters
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 How to Use the DBDiff Utility
To Access DBDiff from the Dashboard
Command
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 How to Use the DumpCfg Utility
To Access DBDiff from a Command Line on a Node
Using DBDiff
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 How to Use the Icmdba Utility
To Access DumpCfg from the Dashboard
To Access DumpCfg from a Command Line on a Node
Using DumpCfg
 How to Use the MPTrace Utility
Accessing Icmdba
To Access MPTrace from the Dashboard
To run MPTrace from the Support Tools Dashboard
 To Access MPTrace from a Command Line on a Node
Using MPTrace Command Line Options
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 How to Use the Nicroi Utility
To Access Nicroi from the Dashboard
To Access Nicroi from a Command Line on a Node
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 Using Tracing in Nicroi
Capturing Nicroi Data to niclog.xxx
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 Capturing Nicroi Data to Roilog.txt
Copying Nicroi Log Files
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 How to Use the NMStart Utility
Setting the Download Directory
To Access NMStart from the Dashboard
Transferring Files
 How to Use the NMStop Utility
To Access NMStart from a Command Line on a Node
Using NMStart
To Access NMStop from the Dashboard
 How to Use the OPCTest Utility
To Access NMStop from a Command Line on a Node
Using NMStop
To Access OPCTest from the Dashboard
 To Access OPCTest from a Command Line on a Node
Using OPCTest
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 Example
Debug Information
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 How to Use the Procmon Utility
To Access Procmon from the Dashboard
Use the quit command to exit OPCTest
Exiting and Quitting OPCTest
 To Access Procmon from a Command Line on a Node
Using Procmon
Procmon Basic Commands
 How to Use the RTRTrace Utility
Procmon Process-Specific and Troubleshooting Commands
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 How to Use the RTTest Utility
Accessing RTRTrace
To Access RTTest from the Dashboard
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 To Access RTTest from a Command Line on a Node
Using RTTest
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 Status Output Process
Process LastStateChange LastHeartBeat
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 Equipment use UTC time as a common time reference
Transfer to the other side
Signifies that the process is running fine
Process synchronized
 Status Output Controller
With the ICM call router
Date Current date Time Current local time
 Status Output Peripheral
ICM peripheral gateway
Been established with the ICM peripheral gateway
Data are sent to the ICM peripheral gateway
 Parameter Descriptions
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 Turning up ICM Call Router Tracing with RTTest
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 Turning Off Debug Tracing in RTTest
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 How to Use the SS7NICTrace Utility
How to Use the VRUTrace Utility
Accessing SS7NICTrace
To Access VRUTrace from the Dashboard
 To Access VRUTrace from a Command Line on a Node
Using VRUTrace Command Line Options
VRUTrace Examples
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 Utility Name Description
Systems
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 Their properties Eventtriggers
Network Logman
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 Tasklist Displays a list of applications and services
TasklistCSV Displays a list of applications and services
Properties, such as RAM, disk space, Network cards Taskkill
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 Using 3rd Party Common Tools
Arp -a
Cat
Use the CAT utility to display, print, and combine files
 To Access CAT from the Dashboard
Using CAT Command Line Options
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 To Access Chmod from the Dashboard
Using Chmod Command Line Options
Chmod
Use the Chmod utility to set file permissions
 To Access CP from the Dashboard
Using CP Command Line Options
Use the CP utility to copy files
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 To Access DF from the Dashboard
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 Using DF Command Line Options
To Access Diff from the Dashboard
Diff
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 Using Diff Command Line Options
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 To Access DU from the Dashboard
Using DU Command Line Options
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 To Access FGrep from the Dashboard
Using FGrep Command Line Options
Fgrep
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 To Access Findstr from the Dashboard
FindStr
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 Using Findstr Command Line Options
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 To Access Grep from the Dashboard
Grep
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 Using Grep Command Line Options
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 To Access Head from the Dashboard
Using Head Command Line Options
Head
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 IPConfig /all
Count defaults to
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 To Access Isql from the Dashboard
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 Using Isql
Isql uses the following options
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 Accessing ISQL/W
To Access LS from the Dashboard
Use the LS utility to view directory listings
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 Using LS Command Line Options
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 To Access MV from the Dashboard
Using MV Command Line Options
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 To Access NBTStat from the Dashboard
NBTStat
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 Using NBTStat Command Line Options
Net Session
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 To Access NetStat from the Dashboard
Net Statistics Server
Net Statistics Workstation
NetStat
 Using NetStat Command Line Options
To Access NSLookup from the Dashboard
NSLookUp
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 Using NSLookup Command Line Options
To Access PathPing from the Dashboard
Using PathPing Command Line Options
PathPing
 To Access Ping from the Dashboard
Using Ping Command Line Options
Ping
Options for Ping are
 PStat
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 To Access RM from the Dashboard
Using RM Command Line Options
Route -PRINT
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 To Access Stopshut from the Dashboard
Using Stopshut Command Line Options
Shutdown Tool
StopShut
 Accessing Sqlew
To Access Strings from the Dashboard
Strings
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 Using Strings Command Line Options
To Access Tail from the Dashboard
Tail
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 Using Tail Command Line Options
To Access Touch from the Dashboard
Touch
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 Using Touch Command Line Options
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 To Access Tracert from the Dashboard
Using Tracert Command Line Options
To Access WC from the Dashboard
Tracert
 Using WC Command Line Options
To Access Which from the Dashboard
Which
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 Using Which Command Line Options
Winmsd
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 Bootcfgqry
Accessing WinMSD
Displays the Boot.ini file settings of the selected system
NetshDump
 To Access Eventtriggers from the Dashboard
Defragreport
Driverquery
Eventtriggers
 Using Eventtriggers Command Line Options
To Access Logman from the Dashboard
Getmac
Logman
 Logman Command Line options
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 Openfiles
Relog
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 To Access Relog from the Dashboard
Using Relog Command Line Options
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 Answer yes to all questions without prompting Examples
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 To Access Schtasks from the Dashboard
Schtasks
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 Using Schtasks Command Line Options
SysteminfoTable
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 SysteminfoList
SysteminfoCSV
Taskkill
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 Eq, ne Service name
Eq, ne
Eq, ne Image name
Eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le PID value
 TasklistTable
Tasklist
TasklistCSV
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 Part 8 Reference
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 Starting and Stopping Support Tools Server/Node Processes
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 How to Enable/Disable the Stpa Process
How to Stop and Start the Support Tools Server
How Stop and Start the Node Agent Service
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 How to View Support Tools Logs
How to View Support ToolsInstall Logs
How to View Support Tools Server and Stna Log Files
How to View Stpa Log Files
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 IPSec Settings and Procedures
How to Examine Your IPSec Policy
Select the IP Security Policy Management snap-in
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 How to Verif the PreShared Key
How to Enable/Disable the IPSec Policy
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 How to Modify the Login Screen Disclaimer
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 How to Confirm the Support Tools Build Number
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 Support Tools Troubleshooting
Installation Problems
Install Hangs
Support Tools Fails to Install
 Dashboard Troubleshooting
Support Tools Installs Disabled
Connection Problems
Services are not created and/or do not start
 Login Problems
Can Access Dashboard Login Page but cannot log
Incorrect or invalid username or password entered
Re-enter username and password as follows Network Users
 Utility Problems
Error When Selecting Host
Support Tools Server fails to connect to the Node Agent
Local Users
 Error Processing Request
Utilities Missing
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 Dashboard Problems
Error Processing Request
Dashboard Will Not Load
Dashboard Online Help Does Not Display
 Dashboard online help does not display when selected
Popup blockers enabled on client machine
Disable popup blocking
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