How to Collect SPCollects via Unisphere

To collect the SPCollects via the Unishere GUI, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the CLARiiON via Unisphere.

2. On the Dashboard screen, select the CLARiiON system you wish to
generate SPCollects from.
3. On the System Information screen there is a Task panel containing
SPA Tasks and SPB Tasks.
4. To generate SPCollects for SPA:
1. Select Generate Diagnostic Files from the SPA Tasks panel.
2. A confirmation window will appear, select Yes to start the
SPCollect script now.
3. Click OK to confirm the task successfully starts.
5. The SPCollect script may take several minutes to complete. To
verify the SPCollect creation for SPA:
1. Select Get Diagnostic Files from the SPA Tasks panel.
2. The SPA File Transfer Manager window will appear.
3. Enlarge the SPA File Transfer Manager window and resize
the Files On SP panel for easier browsing.
4. Click twice on the Date column in the Files On SP panel to
show the most recently created files first. Enlarge the Name
column so that the full file names can be read.
5. If the SPCollect script is still running, you will see a file of the
format {SERIAL NO}_SPx_YYYY-MMDD_HH_MM_SS_runlog.txt which corresponds to the array
serial number, SP id and the date and time (GMT) that the
SPCollect script was started on the SP.
6. Wait a few minutes and click on Refresh to update the Files
On SP display.
7. When the SPCollect script has completed the Files On SP
panel will show a file of the format {SERIAL
NO}_SPx_YYYY-MM-DD_HH_MM_SS_xxxxx_data.zip
which corresponds to the array serial number, SP id and the
date and time (GMT) that the SPCollect script was started on
the SP.
6. To retrieve the SPCollects from SPA:
1. In the SPA File Transfer Manager window from step 5
above, click on the required SPCollect zip file in the Files On
SP panel.

2. In the Destination Directory panel, select the destination

directory on the local host that the SPCollect should be
transferred to.
3. Click on the Transfer button at the bottom of the File On SP
panel to begin the file transfer operation.
4. A confirmation window will appear, select Yes to start the
transfer operation.
5. The Transfer Status panel will report the results of the file
transfer operation.
6. Click OK to close the SPA File Transfer Manager window
and return the System Management screen.
7. Repeat Steps 4 to 6 to generate and retrieve SPCollects for SPB.