How to enable BGP Debugging in DX NetOps Spectrum without restarting the SpectroSERVER process?

Products

• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

We would like to debug a BGP event and alarm issue and BGP debugging requires the below two <SPECROOT>/SS/.vnmrc parameters:

bgp_peer_debug
dump_bgp_event_vardata

Is it possible to enable and disable this debug without restarting the SpectroSERVER process to limit downtime?

Environment

All Supported Releases

Resolution

To enable this debug, add the below parameters to the <SPECROOT>/SS/.vnmrc file:

bgp_peer_debug=true
dump_bgp_event_vardata=true

Save the file and then run the below commands as the install user to reload the .vnmrc file without restarting the SpectroSERVER process:

cd <SPECROOT>/vnmsh
./connect
./update action=0x10700 mh=VNM_MODEL_HANDLE

To disable this debug, update the below parameters to the <SPECROOT>/SS/.vnmrc file:

bgp_peer_debug=false
dump_bgp_event_vardata=false

Save the file and then run the below commands as the install user to reload the .vnmrc file without restarting the SpectroSERVER process:

cd <SPECROOT>/vnmsh
./connect
./update action=0x10700 mh=VNM_MODEL_HANDLE