Viewing Alerts and Event Messages

An event log is used to record information about important events.
Server Administrator generates alerts that are added to the operating system event log and to the Server Administrator alert log. To view these alerts in Server Administrator:
  1. Select the System object in the tree view.
  2. Select the Logs tab.
  3. Select the Alert tab.

You can also view the event log using your operating system’s event viewer. Each operating system’s event viewer accesses the applicable operating system event log.

The location of the event log file depends on the operating system you are using.

  • On systems running the Microsoft Windows operating systems, event messages are logged in the operating system event log and the Server Administrator event log.
    NOTE: The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys64.xml and is located in the <install_path>\omsa\log directory. The default install_path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt.
  • On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESXi operating systems, the event messages are logged in the operating system log file and the Server Administrator event log.
    NOTE: The default name of the operating system log file is /var/log/messages, and you can view the operating system log file using a text editor such as vi or emacs. The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys<xx>.xml,where xx is 64 bit operating system. In the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems, the Server Administrator event log file is located in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/var/log/openmanage directory. The Server Administrator event log file is located in the /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/log/openmanage directory.