Working with logs
This topic describes the log files associated with
.The following log files, which are located in the BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs directory, are associated with
:Log file name and location | Description |
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BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/blauthprovider.log | BMC Server Automation authentication provider log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/blrptadmin.log | Report Administration Utility log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timeStamp/ | ETL log (update IBM Cognos model and process permissions-related log) |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/ | ETL performance log nsh get_etl_performance_info.nsh -d <n> The d option generates the detailed log for last n days. |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/etl_debug.log | ETL debugging log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/install.log | BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation installation log |
The following log collector configuration files contain the log generation parameters:
Log collector configuration file name and location | Associated with |
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BDSSAInstallationDirectory/portal/configuration/bl_log4j.properties | BMC Server Automation authentication |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/bin/blreports_log4j.properties | Report Administration Utility |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/bin/etl_log4j.properties | ETL (update Cognos model and process permissions-related) |
The following table shows the logging utilities with their definitions that are defined in these files:
Logging utility | Definition |
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Info | log4j.logger.com.bladelogic.warehouse.common.util.BlLogger.Info=INFO, LOGFILE |
Error | log4j.logger.com.bladelogic.warehouse.common.util.BlLogger.Error=ERROR, LOGFILE |
Debug | log4j.logger.com.bladelogic.warehouse.common.util.BlLogger.Log=DEBUG, LOGFILE |
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 message be written to the log file. By default,
messages are written to the log files listed in this topic.