Technical Support Commands

nv show system tech-support files

	nv show system tech-support files Show the created tech-support files on the switch.
Syntax Description	N/A
Default	N/A
History	25.02.2002
Example	`admin@nvos:~$ nv show system tech-support files File name Tech-support file path --------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- nvos_dump_nvos-switch_20230120_151401.tar.gz /host/dump/nvos_dump_nvos-switch_20230120_151401.tar.gz`
REST API	GET https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/tech-support/files
Related Commands	nv action generate system tech-support nv action delete system tech-support files
Notes

nv action generate system tech-support

	nv action generate system tech-support {-–since <time>} Action to generate a tech-support file on switch.
Syntax Description	--since	Collect logs and cores only from the given since date
Default	N/A
History	25.02.2002
Example	`admin@nvos:~$ nv action generate system tech-support Generating system tech-support file, it might take a few minutes... Generated tech-support /var/dump/nvos_dump_jaguar-70_20220601_114011.tar.gz Action succeeded` `admin@nvos:~$ nv action generate system tech-support --since=1/1/2022 Generating system tech-support file, it might take a few minutes... Generated tech-support /var/dump/nvos_dump_jaguar-70_20220601_114315.tar.gz Action succeeded`
REST API	POST https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/tech-support
Related Commands	nv show system tech-support files nv action delete system tech-support files nv action upload system tech-support files
Notes

nv action delete system tech-support files

	nv action delete system tech-support files <file-name> Delete tech-support file from the file system.
Syntax Description	file-name	Name of the tech-support file.
Default	N/A
History	25.02.2002
Example	`admin@nvos:~$ nv action delete system tech-support files nvos_dump_nvos-switch_20230120_151401.tar.gz File delete successfully Action succeeded`
REST API	POST https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/tech-support/files/{file-name}
Related Commands	nv action show system tech-support files nv action generate system tech-support nv action upload system tech-support files
Notes

nv action upload system tech-support files

	nv action upload system tech-support files <file-name> <remote-url> Upload tech-support file to the remote server.
Syntax Description	file-name	Name of the tech-support file.
	remote-url	Destination image file name Remote url path to upload a file to. Format: [protocol]://username[:password]@hostname/path/filename Supported protocols: SCP, FTP, SFTP, and HTTPS
Default	N/A
History	Added HTTPS support in remote-url
Example	`admin@nvos:~$ nv action upload system tech-support files nvos_dump_nvos-switch_20230120_151401.tar.gz scp://username@host-name/home/logs/ Password: Upload file 1 File upload successfully Action succeeded`
REST API	POST https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/tech-support/files/{file-name}
Related Commands	nv action show system tech-support files nv action generate system tech-support nv action delete system tech-support files
Notes

Last updated: June 01, 2026