Description

Veritas QuickAssist (VQA) needs to run without user visibility and/or with specific data collection and reporting goals in mind
This document explains various command-line options available for use with Veritas QuickAssist (VQA). These include:
·           Command-line parameters featured on the help manual page (VQA.exe –h)
·           Command-line parameters for extracting files
·           Command-line parameters for extracting the event logs
·           Command-line parameters that control the UI and silent mode workflow
 
Command-line parameters featured on the help manual page
The following table contains the command-line options available for Veritas QuickAssist:
 

Command line option	Purpose
-h	Display this help page
-noup	Do not check for an updated version of Veritas QuickAssist
-debug	Run a debug wizard to turn on product debugging and collect product debug logs.
-disable	Disable debug mode for installed products. Use -enable to enable debug mode.
-enable	Enable debug mode for installed products. Use -disable to disable debug mode.
-lang language-id	Set the display language using the two-letter ISO 639-1 language ID
-s	Run Veritas QuickAssist in silent mode.
-healthchk	Scan for the health of all installed products.
-prechk	Scan for pre-install requirements of all supported but not installed products.
-bestchk	Scan for best practices in all installed products.
-logs	Collect detailed product logs.
-limiteddata	Collect limited data for support. (Replaces -forsupport)
-alldata	Collect all data for support.
-ts	Run Threat Analysis Scan (use with "-nosys" to scan common load points only)
-prod products	Comma-delimited list of products to scan.
-open filename	Open an existing report.
-dest Destination directory. If not specified, the default destination is c:	Set the default location for saving reports.
-ftpup	Perform the update check using only FTP.
-httpup	Perform the update check using only HTTP.
-wizno	Do not run in wizard mode.
-wizprod	Deprecated, use -debug. Run in product wizard mode.
-user username	User name for proxy authentication.
-pass password	Password for proxy authentication.

 
Command-line parameters for extracting files
The command-line parameter -x provides file extraction options:
VQA.exe  [options] -x sdbzfile.sdbz [filters]
…where [options] includes…
·         -s                  Silent mode (suppress error message boxes)
·         -dirs             Create one level of subdirs for files (default is flat)
·         -dest

   Specify the output directory (default is auto-generated subdir of current working dir)
…and [filters] includes…
·         *           Matches zero or more characters in a directory or file name
·         ?          Matches exactly one character in a directory or file name
·         **        When used as the entire directory name, matches any chain of subdirectories
A filter may be relative…
Veritas*\**\*.log
Any file with the extension .log that is a descendent of any directory that begins with "Veritas" anywhere in the file system
…or absolute…
C:\ProgramData\*\*.dat
Any file with the extension .dat in any immediate subdirectory of C:\ProgramData
 
Command-line parameters for extracting the event logs
 
The command-line parameter –evt, used with the silent mode switch –s, provides the following event log (.evt) extraction options:
 
VQA.exe  –evt  -s [–dest ]
 
…where
 
·           is the drive and full path and file name of the .sdbz file the event logs are to be extracted from
 
·           -s is required in order for the extraction of the event logs to take place
 
·           -dest is optional: current directory is default
 
Extracted event logs are saved in .evt files per event log type in a folder named:
 
Eventlogs-
 
 
Command-line parameters that control the UI and silent mode workflow
The command-line parameter –prod provides the following VQA workflow control options:
VQA.exe  –prod [prod1,prod2,…]
Where prod# is one of the following (product name = prod#):
•           Backup Exec Media Server = be_ms
•           Backup Exec Remote Agent = be_ra
 
This switch works in both silent mode and UI mode. You can add scan specifiers in both silent mode and UI mode as well:
Available scan specifying command-line parameters:
•           -healthchk
•           -prechk
•           -logs
•           -forsupport
•           -alldata
•           -lpa (exclusive: takes precedence over all other command-line scan options)
•           -spe (exclusive: takes precedence over all other command-line scan options except lpa)
You can combine product and scan specifiers in the command-line:
•           Silent mode : scans run automatically (no user input) and with the specificity desired
•           UI mode : scan options are preselected and the user, after accepting the EULA, can just click the ‘Scan’ button
 

What command-line parameters are available for Veritas QuickAssist (VQA)?