Agent Diagnostics File Increases Size Each Time It Is Requested Remotely via Console

Products

• Carbon Black App Control (formerly Cb Protection)

Issue/Introduction

• Agent diagnostics file increases with each request via the Console.
• Agent diagnostics grows exponentially, causing the upload to be very slow and timeout eventually.

Environment

• App Control Console: All Supported Versions
• App Control Agent: All Supported Versions

Cause

Previous Agent Diagnostics files are getting collected with each new request, resulting in an increasingly larger Agent Diagnostics archive.

Resolution

Delete Agent Diagnostics via Console (Remotely):

1. Login to App Control Console and navigate to Assets > Computers > relevant Computer.
2. From the Computer Details page > right-hand menu > Other Actions > Delete Diagnostics files on computer > Go.

Delete Agent Diagnostics Locally:

1. Temporarily disable Tamper Protection.
2. Delete the diagnostic archive(s) from the relevant directory:
   • Windows: C:\ProgramData\Bit9\Parity Agent\Logs
   • Linux: /srv/bit9/data/Logs
   • Mac: /Library/Application Support/com.bit9.Agent/Logs

Additional Information

• By default the Agent will delete zipped diagnostics older than 90 days.
• This max age can be adjusted by adding an Agent Config (example for 45 days):

  max_age_zipped_diagnostic_file_days=45