Patch manager log
Logging of patch groups is not included in the general logging in the mtxagent.log file, it is written in its own specific log file, the <PatchGroupID>.log , one per patch group, which is located in the Installation Directory/master/log/Patches directory.
It is possible to directly access the log file of a specific client assigned to the currently selected patch group under the Patch Management > Your Patch Group > Assigned Objects > Devices node.
The log displays the date and time at which any patch action or operation occurred, the name of the patch module, a letter(s) that indicates of which type the explanation following is, such as ERR for error or I for installation, and so on, the ID of the thread, as well as the description itself. The displayed contents of the log file can be filtered and thus reduced in size to find specific entries or types of entries as follows:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Use Regular Expressions | Check this box if a regular expressions can be used in the following Description boxes. |
Date | In this text box you can enter a date and time value for which the respective log lines are to be displayed. The format is YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss , and you can use wildcard characters. For example, to display everything logged at 12:30 on the 14 November 2006 the date box must be filled in as follows:2006/11/14 12:30.* . |
Description | In this text box you can enter any string value which is to be contained in the description of log entry you are looking form. For example, to display all lines containing "toto" in the description, enter the following in the Description box: .toto. . |
Type | From this drop down box you can select the type of entry you want to display, possible values are T for Trace, I for Information, ERR for any type of error, D for Details, W for Warning and A for Audit. |
Name | In this box you can enter the name of the patch for which to display all entries, for example, all entries concerning a patch called csi2010-kb1258964-fulfile-x86-glb.exe . |
Thread ID | In this field you can enter the unique identifier of a specific thread that you would like to follow. |
To apply the filters defined in the preceding text box click the Sort button to the right. The right window pane will be refreshed with only the requested lines.
This directory also contains another log file, hfcli.log , which contains the log of the patch inventory generation.