There is a script available: mbs/bin/archive.sh/mbs/bin.archive.bat, for archiving logs, rawdata and configuration files. The script is essentially a collector-side version of the portal Support Tools, to be used when the portal’s Support Tools are not available (for example, the collector service is not running).

When executed with no arguments, the script will archive configuration files (not mbs/conf/subsystem), logs (including upgrade and WMI logs) and rawdata to a time-stamped archive in mbs/tmp/archive.

Additional usage options are available via archive.sh -- help for example, changing the output archive or specifying different patterns to archive. All patterns available for the Support Tools in the portal are available.