Cisco Prime Infrastructure – Access Shell and Copy Syslog data via FTP or SCP

enable the shell/root account and extract syslog data.

1. Log into your PI server via SSH.
2. Enable root:

   root_enable
   <enter password>
   <enter password again>
   root

3. Create ZIP then copy via FTP/SCP:

   !--- Create the ZIP
   root (or shell)
   cd /opt/CSCOlumos/decap/data
   strings /opt/CSCOlumos/decap/data/SyslogRcv_Main_514 > Syslog.txt
   zip -e Syslog.zip Syslog.txt
   
   !--- COPY WITH FTP
   ftp -i -n <FTP_SERVER_IP>
   user <USERNAME> <PASSWORD>
   binary
   put Syslog.zip
   
   !--- OR COPY WITH SCP
   scp /opt/CSCOlumos/decap/data/Syslog.zip admin@172.30.107.100:/Syslog.zip
   
   !--- REMOVE HOST KEY IF NECESSARY
   rm /home/mathew/.ssh/known_hosts