diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java
index 7fc3884..91a7ee5 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
             case CONFIGURE:
                 cmd = new ConfigureCommand();
                 break;
+            case LOG:
+                cmd = new LogCommand();
+                break;
             case SHUTDOWN:
                 cmd = new ShutdownCommand();
                 break;
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java
index 979c414..0b29850 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         ALTER,
         VALIDATE,
         CONFIGURE,
+        LOG,
         SHUTDOWN,
         HELP
     }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
index 08249ee..4e114f4 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
         buffer.append("describe " + ":" + " Describes an existing asterix instance" + "\n");
         buffer.append("validate " + ":" + " Validates the installer/cluster configuration" + "\n");
         buffer.append("configure" + ":" + " Configure the Asterix installer" + "\n");
+        buffer.append("log      " + ":"
+                + " Produce a tar archive contianing log files from the master and worker nodes" + "\n");
         buffer.append("shutdown " + ":" + " Shutdown the installer service" + "\n");
         buffer.append("help     " + ":" + " Provides usage description of a command" + "\n");
         buffer.append("\nTo get more information about a command, use managix help -cmd <command>");
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java
index 0f382f9..c2d6c04 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java
@@ -479,4 +479,21 @@
         return new Pattern(null, 1, null, event);
     }
 
+    public Patterns getTransferLogPattern(String asterixInstanceName, Cluster cluster, String outputDir) {
+        List<Pattern> patternList = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
+        String username = cluster.getUsername() == null ? System.getProperty("user.name") : cluster.getUsername();
+        String destHost = cluster.getMasterNode().getClusterIp();
+        for (Node node : cluster.getNode()) {
+            Nodeid nodeid = new Nodeid(new Value(null, node.getId()));
+            String srcDir = node.getLogDir();
+            String destDir = outputDir + File.separator + node.getId();
+            String pargs = username + " " + srcDir + " " + destHost + " " + destDir;
+            Event event = new Event("directory_transfer", nodeid, pargs);
+            Pattern p = new Pattern(null, 1, null, event);
+            patternList.add(p);
+        }
+        Patterns patterns = new Patterns(patternList);
+        return patterns;
+    }
+
 }