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(PUTTY)1. Connect to the CLI using an SSH client, such as Putty
the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe2. Login via [
snwlcli ] 1st, then login as admin and the admin password you setup.
(TO CLEANUP DATABASES THAT BECOME CORRUPT AND CAUSE 100% CPU UTILIZATION)Also may get messages in System, Monitoring, View Alerts: "SonicWALL Email Security Gateway not responding to SMTP test", or "Thumbprint database files are stale". This also corrects "Email Security is on: = Red X" or "Email Security is Off".
PLEASE NOTE:This command requires or will reboot your appliance.
cleanupdcdatabase(TO CORRECT AUDIT LOGS OR JUNK BOX NOT SHOWING CURRENT DATA OR DATES)rebuildsearchdb(TO FIX OR CORRECT HTML USER INTERFACE NOT WORKING)rebuildwebroot-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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(HTML DIAG SCREEN - MUCH MUCH EASIER!)For appliances running "Email Security Firmware Version 7.3.4.5721" and above, you can use the /diag html page, to see all and run commands from an HTML page.
1. Login to the ES ad admin, and change the ending URL to /diag or /diag.html.
For Example:
https://mail.company.com/diag.html