Technical Tip: Changing debug duration

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Article Id 191069

Description
This article describes how to change debug duration which is 30 minutes by default.

Solution
1) To check current debug duration.

# diagnose debug duration

Current duration is 30 minutes, the timer is not started yet.

2) To change debug duration.

# diagnose debug duration ?

<Integer> <----- Duration in minutes, min = 1, max = 99999, 0 means unlimited.

# diagnose debug duration 180

Current duration is set to 180 minutes.

# diagnose debug duration

Current duration is 180 minutes, 0 minutes 21 seconds have passed.

3) To set unlimited debug duration.

# diagnose debug duration 0

Current duration is set to unlimited.

# diagnose debug duration

Current duration is unlimited.

Note:

After a reboot, debug duration will be reset to default value (30 minutes).

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