Using the Control Room diagnostics utility - Use the Control Room diagnostics utility to gather the Control Room logs, event viewer logs and system information for a specified duration and troubleshoot any Control Room related issues.

Use the Control Room diagnostics utility to gather the Control Room logs, event viewer logs and system information for a specified duration and troubleshoot any Control Room related issues.

About this task

Because the diagnostic utility is designed for On-Premises Windows environment only, ensure that the Control Room is installed on the machine. To gather the required information, you must execute the utility independently on each node of the Control Room cluster.

Procedure

Open the Windows Command Prompt with elevated privileges (Run as administrator).
Navigate to the Control Room installation path.
Default installation path for Control Room is:
```
C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Automation360
```
Run the Control Room diagnostic utility using the following command:
```
"C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Automation360\jdk11\bin\java" -jar crdiagnosticutility.jar [OPTIONS]
```
Note: The Java Development Kit (JDK) is bundled with the Control Room and the default location is:
```
"C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Automation360\jdk11\bin\java"
```

The following table describes the option for performing the diagnostic check:


Option	Description
-collectLogs	By capturing multiple logs for the Control Room, you reduce the turnaround time for collecting information on issues. The logs are collected as a zip file on the machine where the utility is being run. The logs are saved in the configured log directory of Control Room. For example, the default log directory is C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\Logs\. The compressed file will be created in C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\Logs\CR_logs_<datetimestamp>.zip. Review the following considerations on using the Control Room diagnostic utility: To capture Windows logs for security events, run the utility with administrative or elevated privileges. An alert is displayed if you run the utility without elevated privileges. To save the storage space, delete the zip file after debugging.