Novell Doc: Dynamic File Services 2.2 Administration Guide - Viewing Logged Events

13.7 Viewing Logged Events

Event logs for the following Dynamic File Services components can be viewed in the Server Properties > Log Files page in the Management Console:

Event Log File	Component	Description
DswMpcCore.log	Dynamic File Service	Logs events for the core engine.
DswStandardEngine.log	Standard pair engine	Logs events for the creation, deletion, modification, and policy runs for standard pairs.
DswRetentionEngine.log	Retention pair engine	Logs events for creation, deletion, modification, and policy runs for retention pairs.
DswCloudEngine.log	Cloud engine	Logs events for policy runs on retention pairs with cloud storage as the secondary.
install.log	Installation	Logs events during the install about setting up the Dynamic File Services group and Dynamic File Services Retention Review group on the local server or in Active Directory. It also logs the creation of the Dynamic File Services Storage Rights group in Active Directory.
DswPairCheck.log	Pair Check utility	Logs events each time you manually run the Pair Check utility. The log is created the first time the utility runs.
DswInventory.log	File Inventory utility	Logs events each time you manually run the File Inventory utility. The log file is created the first time the utility runs.

You can modify the logging level for the Service, Standard, Retention, and Cloud logs to change the types of events that are logged. For information, see Section 6.7, Configuring the Logging Level for Engines.

In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server you want to manage.
Right-click the server, then select Properties.
Select the Log files tab.

The available log files are listed in the drop-down list.
From the drop-down list, select a log file to view its messages.

Messages are listed in chronological order in the display window. Scroll down to view the most recent messages.
(Optional) In the Search field, type a sequence of characters that you want to find, then click the Search icon to jump to instances of those characters in the log.