Logging
The log provides Management Plug-In event information based on the following criteria:
- Severity - Info, warning, and error.
- Date range - Select period or custom start and stop date
- Search text - Specific message, server names, configuration setting, etc.
The severity levels are defined as:
- Info: the Management Plug-In operation completed successfully.
- Warning: the Management Plug-In operation partially failed, and was partially successfully.
- Error: the Management Plug-In operation failed.
Tasks
To control the log data that displays:
There is also a troubleshooting user role that is available that can access more detailed log information; for information on how to use this built-in user role see the Management Plug-In User's Guide.
- Click Refresh to update the log with the most recent data.
- Click the Filter: drop-down menu, and select one of the following: All Categories, Info, Warning, Error, or Security.
- Click the Duration drop-down menu, and select one of the following: Last week, Last Month, Last Year, or Custom Range.
- If Custom Range is selected, a Start Date and Stop Date drop down are displayed. To set the customer date range:
- Click the calendar wizard to populate Start date.
- Click the calendar wizard to populate End date.
- Click Apply.
- Use the standard display controls to review the entire log:
- Entries per page: Set to 50, 100, 250, or 1000 events
- Go to desired page number of the log
- Forward and Backward page controls
- Click Export.
- When the Save Log As pop-up displays, click Save As.
- Provide a location and a name for the exported file; the default name is PluginLog.csv
- Click Save to download entire log to a local file.
There is also a troubleshooting user role that is available that can access more detailed log information; for information on how to use this built-in user role see the Management Plug-In User's Guide.
Related Topics
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