topic Re: Collecting logs on WLC from a mass amount of AP-s in Wireless

Collecting logs on WLC from a mass amount of AP-s

ITC LTC — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:18:14 GMT

Hi All.

I got this situation that I have over 100 AP-s connected to a CISCO WLC and i need to update the OS and collect the logs (show uptime, version, etc etc...)

Can someone please kindly direct me to the function/feature on how to do that with the controller in one go instead of consoling into every single AP ?

Where can i add a customized series of show commands and run them at once on all AP-s and have the output saved / named by the MAC addresses?

Any idea would be greatly appreciated.

Dan.

Re: Collecting logs on WLC from a mass amount of AP-s

Leo Laohoo — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:26:29 GMT

Uptime

sh ap uptime

"sh version" ... Uhhh ... all APs will have the same IOS version as the WLC.

Re: Collecting logs on WLC from a mass amount of AP-s

ITC LTC — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:37:13 GMT

yes, so, what i am asking:

i got a 100 AP-s.

I need the logs.

I KNOW THE COMMANDS.

How can I collect the logs with one go......I don't want to console into every AP to run the commands.

I want to run the command once and save the output from a hundred AP-s.

Re: Collecting logs on WLC from a mass amount of AP-s

Scott Fella — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:25:43 GMT

You can also use the debug command which will redirect the ap console to the the WLC session:

debug ap enable
debug ap command “”

your command-cli command if you were consoled into the ap

Re: Collecting logs on WLC from a mass amount of AP-s

Scott Fella — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:27:43 GMT

Just to also add, typical there is no reason to try to gather all the information. Like what Leo mentioned, show ap uptime would be the command to run. With collecting info, show ap config general would provide more detailed info. You can just use a tool to grep the information you need if all the info you need is available from that command.