Basic Troubleshooting and Data Collection

Overview

Troubleshooting of SDN environment can be complex, as there is extensive areas to examine, depending on the resources that you are troubleshooting. To help facilitate automated troubleshooting, there are several functions that do the bulk of the work.

• Get-SdnInfrastructureInfo: Connects to Network Controller to then learn about the underlying SDN fabric. This information is then stored into a global cache $Global:SdnDiagnostics.EnvironmentInfo that can be referenced later. Other functions will also leverage this cache as well to simplify the overall user experience. You can also use the alias Get-SdnEnvironmentInfo. To see full list of parameters supported with the function, review https://github.com/microsoft/SdnDiagnostics/wiki/Get-SdnInfrastructureInfo.

• Debug-SdnFabricInfrastructure: Executes a series of validation tests to check the current state of the environment. This is a great starting point to ensure everything related to the fabric is healthy before doing deeper level investigations into resources. To see full list of parameters supported with the function, review https://github.com/microsoft/SdnDiagnostics/wiki/Debug-SdnFabricInfrastructure.

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• Start-SdnDataCollection: Performs automated data collection by gathering the appropriate configuration details and logs for the role(s) or computers specified. This log bundle can then be provided to Microsoft CSS for further review. To see a full list of the parameters supported with the function, review https://github.com/microsoft/SdnDiagnostics/wiki/Start-SdnDataCollection.

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