Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 Installation and User's Guide
- About This Guide
- Introduction to Host Integration Tools
- Installation
- Obtain the Installation Kit
- Installation Considerations
- Install Host Integration Tools for Microsoft
- Install HIT/Microsoft on a Windows Server Core Machine
- Install HIT on a Windows Server Core Cluster
- About Remote Host Installations
- Install HIT on a Failover Cluster
- About Silent Installations
- Using HIT With a SharePoint Farm
- Remote Setup Wizard
- Remote Setup Command Line Utility
- Using the Multipath I/O Component
- Use the VDS Provider
- Use SCVMM With the Dell EqualLogic SMP
- Install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Configure the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Provider
- Create a Classification for Dell EqualLogic Storage Resources
- Import the SMP Through the SCVMM GUI
- Configure PS Series Groups
- Configure Group Access on Managed Hosts and Clusters
- Configure Storage for VM Rapid Provisioning
- Create a VM Template From a VHD
- Migrate the Rapid-Provisioned VMs
- Migrate Storage of a Deployed VM to Another Location
- Troubleshoot SCVMM Issues
- Supported SMP PowerShell Cmdlets
- Use the HPC iSCSI Provider
- Tools and Utilities
- Index
Table 16. EqlLog CLI Options (continued)
Option Description
--no-hitlogs Do not collect miscellaneous HIT logs.
--no-backupdocs Do not collect VSS backup documents.
--no-msinfo Do not collect system information from MSInfo32.
--no-setupapi Do not collect Setup API logs.
--no-vss Do not collect VSS logs.
--no-vds Do not collect VDS logs.
--no-cluster Do not collect cluster logs.
--no-install Do not collect HIT installer logs.
--no-event Do not collect Windows event logs.
--no-registry Do not collect registry settings.
--no-ehcm Do not collect EHCM diagnostic report.
--no-explorer Do not launch Windows Explorer when log collection is complete.
Trace Log Daemon
The Trace Log Daemon collects trace log output from HIT components and outputs it to a single file, called eqltrace.log. This file
is one of several other components that the EqlLog utility gathers into a single zip file for bug reports.
EqlLog will automatically locate this file. The eqltrace.log file takes up 50 MB of space by default.
In some versions of Windows, the file will be in <boot drive>:\ProgramData\EqualLogic\log.
Usually, you do not need to change trace log settings for the daemon. However, default values can still be overridden in the
registry if necessary. For example, trace logging can be run at levels 0 (no tracing) to 3 (verbose tracing). The normal logging
level is 2. You should not need to change this, but it can be controlled with the DebugLevel registry entry.
In previous versions, debug trace settings were controlled separately for each HIT component, using registry values. These old
values are obsolete and no longer used; setting them will have no effect. Tracing for all HIT components is now controlled by a
single registry value and is on by default.
The registry values (shown in the following table) are located in HKLM/Software/EqualLogic/LogD. If a value is not
present in the registry, the default value from the table will be used.
Table 17. User-Changeable Settings for the Trace Log Daemon
Parameter Default Value Type Definition
MaxLogSizeMB 50 DWORD Maximum size of the trace log file, in MB. When the file
exceeds this limit, the daemon will rename the existing log to
eqltrace.0.log and create a new eqltrace.log to continue
logging.
DebugLevel 2 DWORD Controls the level of debug tracing. Other options are 0 (no
tracing) to 3 (verbose tracing). 2 is full tracing.
You do not need to restart the machine to change debug settings; the changes will automatically take effect within a few
minutes.
EqlRethin Utility
EqlRethin is a command-line Windows utility that performs volume defragmentation and rethinning operations on one or more
volumes.
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Tools and Utilities