Carbon Black Cloud: How to Collect Logs Remotely for Support Using Live Response (Windows)
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Article ID: 290010
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Products
Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (formerly Cb Defense)
Issue/Introduction
Collect Sensor Logs to provide to Support for a remote machine via Live Response
Environment
Carbon Black Cloud Sensor (Windows): 3.3.x.x and Higher
Microsoft Windows: All Supported Versions
Resolution
Note: Ensure the Sensor you require logs from is online, checking in and in a policy that has Live Response enabled
Sensors 3.6 and Higher:
Login to the Console
Go to the Endpoints Page
Click on the 'Go Live' icon (>_) to enable a Live Response session
Change Directory to the Sensor's Directory
cd C:\Program Files\Confer
Run the following command
execfg repcli capture c:\temp -- Change to desired writeable location
You will receive immediate confirmation that the logs are being collected 'collecting diagnostic data (this may take a few minutes)', followed by confirmation that the logs have been captured 'Captured diagnostic data in written to c:\temp\psc_sensor.zip
Run the following command to retrieve and download the captured Sensor Logs to your local machine
get c:\temp\psc_sensor.zip -- Change to location specified in previous command
This file will download to whichever directory you have specified to download to (usually 'Downloads')
The file will likely not have an extension when downloaded, and may look similar to this > 9ba02d41-f873-45f4-ba19-5091c8246095
Once downloaded, simply rename it, replacing the text with the name of the machine and adding the .zip file extension, for example > Sales1.zip
Sensors 3.5 and Lower:
Login to the Console
Go to the Endpoints Page
Click on the 'Go Live' icon (>_) to enable a Live Response session
Change Directory to the Sensor's Directory
cd C:\Program Files\Confer
Run the following command
execfg repcli capture
You will receive the confirmation that the captured logs will be written to C:\Windows\Temp\confer-temp and named confer-temp.zip
Run the following command to retrieve and download the captured Sensor Logs to your local machine
get confer_dump.zip
This file will download to whichever directory you have specified to download to (usually 'Downloads')
The file will likely not have an extension when downloaded, and may look similar to this > 9ba02d41-f873-45f4-ba19-5091c8246095
Once downloaded, simply rename it, replacing the text with the name of the machine and adding the .zip file extension, for example > Sales1.zip
Additional Information
Ensure the Sensor you require logs from is online, checking in and in a policy that has Live Response enabled
The 'repcli capture' command does not require authentication or administrator rights on the machine
The 'repcli capture' command requires the Cb Defense Service to be running
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