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.txt | Uninstallation log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/bds-ui.log | BMC Decision Support for Server Automation Console log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/cogserver.log | Cognos execution log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/tomcat_out.log | Tomcat Web Server initialization information |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/tomcat_err.log | Tomcat Web Server log; contains errors that occur during Tomcat initialization or configuration of the product |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/update_cognos_permission.log | Permission 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/ | 0_BSARA_ETL scenario execution log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/ | Extract, transform, and load (ETL) log with information about each scenario as it runs |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/ | 4_UPDATE_COGNOS scenario execution log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/timestamp/ | 5_MDM (Metadata management) scenario execution log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/etl/AgentLogProcess/ | Remote System Call Daemon (RSCD) agent log |
BDSSAInstallationDirectory/logs/update_cognos/ | 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.properties | Configuration 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 |
Error | log4j.com.bmc.bbds.util.BlLogger.Error=ERROR, LOGFILE |
Debug | log4j.com.bmc.bbds.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 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.