How to Create Support Package?
A support package contains essential information regarding the operating system and OPSWAT software found on the machine.
Creating the package on Linux
To create a package you have to start the /usr/bin/ometascan-collect-support-data.sh for Core and /usr/bin/ometascan-node-collect-support-data.sh for Node.
As the script processes the necessary information, the script generates the support package output.
The package files are tar.gz archive with the following name:
ometascan-support-<TIMESTAMP>.tar.gz
ometascan-node-support-<TIMESTAMP>.tar.gz
Where the timestamp is the date when the package was generated.
Example:
ometascan-support-
1439983514
.tar.gz
ometascan-node-support-
1506936465
.tar.gz
The generated package will be placed in the same location as the script that was called.
Creating the package on Windows
To create a package you have to start the script found under the installation directory of the product, default is C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Core\ometascan-collect-support-data.bat for Core and C:\Program Files\OPSWAT\Metadefender Core Node\ometascan-node-collect-support-data.bat for Node.
As the script processes the necessary information, the script generates the support package output.
The package files is a zip archive with the following name:
ometascan-support-<TIMESTAMP>.zip
ometascan-node-support-<TIMESTAMP>.zip
Where the timestamp is the date when the package was generated.
Example:
ometascan-support-
1439983514
.zip
ometascan-node-support-
1439983514
.zip
The generated package will be placed in the same location as the script that was called.
Content of the created package
The support package contains the following elements:
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configuration : the configuration files of OPSWAT software found on machine
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log : the log files of OPSWAT software found on machine
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system information : system information stored in file named os.info
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hardware information: hardware information stored in file named hw.info
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network information: network information stored in file named network.info
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directory information: OPSWAT software directory information stored in file named files.info
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copy of config database : config database WITHOUT user data
You can check the content of the generated package to make sure it does not contain any confidential information.