NSX CLI Guide

Associated Commands:

CLI Description Command

Copy core dumps to remote file


Copy system generated core dumps to a remote destination.
copy core-dump <core-dump-file-arg> url <scp-file-url-arg>

Delete core dump files in the system


Delete core dump files in the system.
del core-dump [all|<core-dump-file-arg>]

Get core dump config


Get core dump generation and rotation configurations
get core-dump config

List core dump files in the system


Display information about the core dump files in the system.
get core-dumps

Set core dump file limit global config


Global limit for count to preserve latest core dump files generated for all processes or applications. By default lastest 2 core dump files will be preserved. To disable this config, set value to 0.

Note, disabling config may consume higher disk space and can cause disk outage.


set core-dump global file-limit <core-dump-limit>

Set core dump frequency threshold global config


Global limit for setting threshold in seconds for frequency of generated core dump files for all processes or applications. Any application generating core dump within threshold seconds will be neglected and new core dump request will only be in effect after expired threshold period. By default processes generating core dump within threshold frequency of 600 seconds will be denied. To disable this config, set value to 0.

Note, disabling config may consume higher disk space and can cause disk outage.


set core-dump global frequency-threshold <core-dump-limit>

Set Core dump limit config per application


Limit for count to preserve latest core dump files generated per process or application. To disable this config, set value to 0.

Note, disabling config may consume higher disk space and can cause disk outage.


set core-dump process <process-name> file-limit <core-dump-limit>

Total commands: 7