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Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 291
TFTP logging and enablement
When deploying a large number of enclosures with the auto-deployment capability, it might be difficult to
know which configurations completed (and when), and which configurations might have a failure or are
stuck in a waiting loop because of a configuration issue.
To help with deployment status awareness and provide a common place for TFTP logs, you can have the TFTP
status and logs posted back to the TFTP server. To enable this option before deployment, create a writable
directory in the root of the TFTP server called "deployment-logs" with appropriate permissions, and the
deployment process will publish the status and logs to the TFTP server. The log files are organized by
enclosure serial number and type of file.
Deployment files logged to the TFTP server
<Enclosure Serial Number>-vc-deployment.log
This log is created during the deployment process and contains the operational messages that occur during
the deployment process. This is the same log that is shown in the CLI with the show auto-deployment log
command and that is viewable in the GUI after a deployment is completed.
<Enclosure Serial Number>-vc-deployment.output
This console output is created from the execution of the configuration script during the deployment process. If
an error occurs during configuration, it is shown in the output file. This is the same log that is shown in the CLI
with the show auto-deployment output command, and that is viewable in the GUI after a deployment
is completed.
<Enclosure Serial Number>-vc-deployment-status.success
This tagfile is created if the deployment process was successful for a deployment target configuration. The
tagfile provides an easy way to view the deployment log directory and quickly identify which target
configuration deployments have completed successfully.
<Enclosure Serial Number>-vc-deployment-status.failed
This tagfile is created if the deployment process was not successful for a deployment target configuration. The
tagfile provides an easy way to view the deployment log directory and quickly identify which target
configuration deployments were not successful.
The following example shows what would be seen on the TFTP server after a single target configuration is
successfully deployed:
Example
TFTP Server Root
/deployment-logs/GB8849BJ7L-vc-deployment.log
/deployment-logs/GB8849BJ7L-vc-deployment.output
/deployment-logs/GB8849BJ7L-vc-deployment-status.success
If the deployment-logs directory exists, each deployment process writes back to the TFTP server and
overwrites the previous files that existed for the enclosure being deployed.
If you want to preserve the logs for each deployment, archive the existing logs and clear the deployment-logs
directory before the next deployment occurs.