[Contents] [Prev] [Next] [Index] [Report an Error] [No Frames]


Saving Event Messages on a Logging Server

You can configure the software to save event messages on a host that you have configured as a system logging server. You can also specify the facility for system logging and the format in which the messages will be saved on the host.

To use SDX Configuration Editor to configure the software to save event messages in text files:

  1. In the navigation pane, select the component for which you want to configure logging to a system logging server.
  2. Select the Logging tab. (For NIC components, select the Hosts tab.)

The following example shows the system logging configuration fields.

Each logging configuration can have multiple instances, with each instance sending different types of logs to different system logging servers.

  1. (Optional) To create a new logging instance:
  1. Select Syslog Logger in the Create a New Instance of list, and click Create a New Instance of.

The Create a New Instance dialog box appears.

  1. Assign a name to the instance, and click OK.

The instance appears in the Logging or Hosts pane.

  1. In the section for an individual logger, edit or accept the default values in the fields.

See System Logging Fields.

In the filter field of each type of log, you can specify an expression that defines the categories and severity levels of event messages that the software saves.

  1. Select File >Save.
  2. Right-click the configuration file, and select SDX System Configuration > Export to LDAP Directory.

System Logging Fields

In SDX Configuration Editor, you can modify the following fields in a system logger section of the Logging pane in a configuration file to configure logging to a system log file.

Filter

For information about defining filters, see Chapter 2, Configuring Logging for SRC Components.

Syslog Host

Syslog facility

Format

The fields available for events are:

A sample message for the sample setting is:

14:13:24.366 EST 19.01.2004 [main] [Start-up module] [20] SAE STARTUP DONE 

Because the system log system usually timestamps all log messages, no time information is included in the default format. A sample message for the sample setting is:

SSP[main] [Start-up module] [20]  SAE STARTUP DONE

[Contents] [Prev] [Next] [Index] [Report an Error] [No Frames]