Description of problem: rhevm-log-collector ignores both specified directory in "--local-tmp" option and default output directory documented in its man page: man rhevm-log-collector --local-tmp=PATH Local directory where reports are copied (default=/tmp/logcollector). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Output tarball file is created in /tmp. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhevm-log-collector-3.2.2-3.el6ev How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run "rhevm-log-collector" or "rhevm-log-collector --local-tmp=/tmp/logcollector". 2. Observe location for output tarball file. 3. Actual results: # rhevm-log-collector --local-tmp=/tmp/logcollector [...] INFO: /tmp/logcollector does not exist. It will be created. <----- [...] Creating compressed archive... INFO: Log files have been collected and placed in /tmp/sosreport-LogCollector-20130625143213.tar.xz. The MD5 for this file is 67d5fc7b0f2cd1fef083bdbfe1c92dbe and its size is 4.3M Expected results: INFO: Log files have been collected and placed in /tmp/logcollector/sosreport-LogCollector-20130625143213.tar.xz. Additional info:
rhevm-log-collector-3.2.2-4.el6.noarch # rhevm-log-collector --help --local-tmp=PATH directory to copy reports to locally (default is randomly generated like: /tmp/logcollector-KmyQ5Z) the man page is outdated. Please note that the local-tmp directory is used only for storing temporary reports gathered from hypervisors. The final output report is always stored in $TMPDIR We can add a --output flag for telling where to store the final report or force the output in the same directory used for gathering tmp reports. As workaround TMPDIR can be set in env with the desired path.
Pretty dangerous outdated man page, because --local-tmp gets deleted after command is finished, therefore customers could lose other log data in their designated logoutput directory
(In reply to akotov from comment #3) > Pretty dangerous outdated man page, because --local-tmp gets deleted after > command is finished, therefore customers could lose other log data in their > designated logoutput directory Sandro is correct and I think his suggestion of '--output' makes the most sense. I do not agree with the sentiment that it is 'dangerous'. The local-tmp was never intended to be the place from which a customer would look for the resulting SoS archive; hence, 'tmp'. It is simply a place where the LC can collate, on disk, everything that it is preparing to compress into an uber SoS report. A staging area if you will.
(In reply to Keith Robertson from comment #4) > Sandro is correct and I think his suggestion of '--output' makes the most > sense. I'll fix this adding --output and updating man page and --help. I've a few bugs with higher priority but I'll try to fix this soon as well, since we've 3 customer portal reference on this bug.
patch 18781 merged upstream master, needs to be backported to 3.3 branch
Add new --output option. * Added --output option to store the LC report * Update the man page accordingly
Verified on rhevm 3.3 , IS15 rhevm-log-collector-3.3.0-1.el6ev
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Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-0039.html