System Administration > Configuration > Fabric > NSX Edge > Flow Monitor

start flow-monitor [core <core-id>] [timeout <time>]

Start flow monitor on a certain core for a given time. Flow monitor will start immediately and stop and dump the flow file automatically after the time passed. Dump file will be stored at /var/vmware/nsx/file-store/flow_mon.

Parameters:

Option Description
<core-id> Core id for packet capture session
Allowed pattern: ^[0-9]+$
<time> Time measurement in seconds
Allowed pattern: [1-9][0-9]*$


Example:

nsx-edge-1> start flow-monitor core 1 timeout 10 flow_mon.tgz will be available in edge filestore in 10 seconds. Go to edge CLI, use the following command to transfer the file: copy file flow_mon.tgz url

Mode:

Basic

Availability: