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Working with logs

The following log files are associated with BMC Decision Support for Server Automation:

Log files

Log file name and location

Description

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/bdssa_install_log.txt

Installation log

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/bdssa_uninstall_log.txtUninstallation log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/bds-ui.logBMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/cogserver.logCognos execution log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/tomcat_out.logTomcat Web Server initialization information
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/tomcat_err.logTomcat Web Server log; contains errors that occur during Tomcat initialization or configuration of the product
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/update_cognos_permission.logPermission log for the update Cognos process

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/auth-provider.log

BMC Decision Support for Server Automation authentication provider log

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/br/appserver.log

BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Authentication Server log

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/
BSA_site_siteID_timestamp_0_BSARA_ETL_SCEN.log
0_BSARA_ETL scenario execution log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/
BSA_site_siteID_timestamp_run_etl.log
Extract, transform, and load (ETL) log with information about each scenario as it runs
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/
site_siteID_timestamp_4_UPDATE_COGNOS_SCEN.log
4_UPDATE_COGNOS scenario execution log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/
site_siteID_timestamp_5_MDM_SCEN.log
5_MDM (Metadata management) scenario execution log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/AgentLogProcess/
AgentLog_ORA_scriptrun_timestamp.log
Remote System Call Daemon (RSCD) agent log
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/update_cognos/
timestamp/update_cognos_model.log
Update Cognos model process log

The following log collector configuration files contain the log generation parameters:

Log collector configuration files

Log collector configuration file name and location

Associated with

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/portal/configuration/auth_log4j.properties

BMC Decision Support for Server Automation authentication

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/shared/ConfigurationManagement/pic_log4j.propertiesConfiguration tasks (BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console)

BDSSAInstallationDirectory/shared/odi/bin/update_cognos_log4j.properties

ETL (update Cognos model and process permissions-related)

The following table shows the logging utilities that are defined in these files:

Logging utility

Logging utility

Definition

Info

log4j.com.bmc.bbds.util.BlLogger.Info=INFO, LOGFILE 
|STDERR  
|STDOUT

Error

log4j.com.bmc.bbds.util.BlLogger.Error=ERROR, LOGFILE  
|STDERR  
|STDOUT

Debug

log4j.com.bmc.bbds.util.BlLogger.Log=DEBUG, LOGFILE  
|STDERR  
|STDOUT

Messages can be written to LOGFILE, STDERR, or STDOUT. Usually STDERR or STDOUT specify that messages be redirected to the system console. LOGFILE specifies that messages be written to the log file. By default, BMC Decision Support for Server Automation messages are written to the log files listed in this topic.

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