Troubleshooting
Problem
Resolving The Problem
Collecting troubleshooting data early, even before opening the Problem Case, helps IBM® Support quickly determine if:
There is a non-defect problem that can be identified and resolved.
There is a defect that identifies a workaround to reduce severity.
Locating root cause can speed development of a code fix.
Collecting Data: Table of contents:![]()
| Manually Gathering General Information | |
| Submitting Information to IBM Support | |
| Online Self-Help Resources | |
| Related Information |
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| Manually Gathering General Information |
A) System upgrade logs:
Please collect and share latest upgrade log files available at the location "/data/log/adminconsole" on the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management Server.
- update-manager.log
- SCDMAdminConsole-upgrade-*.log
- adminconsole.log.*.gz
- OS-update-*.log
- SCDMProduct-upgrade-*.log
B) IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management Healthy Check Report:
- cd /opt/scdm/tools
- Execute the 'health-check.py'
- Send the output.
Reference link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/collecting-logs-ibm-storage-defender-copy-data-management
C) IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management logs from the virtual appliance:
- Log on to the IBM Storage Copy Data Management virtual appliance console as root user.
- Run the below command in the command prompt:
cd /opt/ECX/tools/logcollect
./logcollect - Enter the admin username and password.
- Run the below command to locate the log collect zip file:
cd /opt/ECX/tools/logcollect/logs
Reference link: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/scdm/2.2.28?topic=clt-collecting-storage-defender-copy-data-management-logs-from-virtual-appliance
D) Collect and share the MongoDB upgrade logs (mongoUpgrade_*.log) from the following location:
/opt/scdm/tools/mongo-upgrade/logs/
E) Output of command:
kubectl get pods -n scdm
| Submitting Information to IBM Support |
After the case is open, you can submit diagnostic troubleshooting data to IBM.
If using ESR, update the Problem Case to indicate that data has been sent.
| Online Self-Help Resources |
Review up-to-date product information at the IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management Product Support page.
| Related Information |
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Historical Number
TS020567076
Product Synonym
SCDM; Defender Copy Data Management;
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21 January 2026
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