Overview of BMC Server Automation log files
A standard BMC Server Automation installation provides default logging behavior that satisfies the needs of many organizations. Defaults vary for Windows and UNIX systems.
(Windows):
- The RSCD agent logs to rscdInstallDirectory\rscd.log as a rollfile at the info1 level.
- The RSCD agent service logs to rscdInstallDirectory\rscdsvc.log as a rollfile at the info level.
- BLPackage Deploy Jobs log at the debug level to locations based on the name and location of the jobs.
- BLPackage Deploy Jobs on the console log to stdout as a stream at the debug level. The priority level can be overridden using Transaction Options when defining the BLPackage Deploy Job. For more information, see Specifying-job-options.
- The Application Server logs to installDirectory\br\appserver.log as a stream at the info level.
(UNIX):
- The RSCD agent logs to rscdInstallDirectory/log/rscd.log as a rollfile at the info1 level.
- BLPackage Deploy Jobs log at the debug level to locations based on the name and location of the jobs.
- BLPackage Deploy Jobs on the console log to stdout as a stream at the debug level. The priority level can be overridden using Transaction Options when defining the BLPackage Deploy Job. For more information, see Specifying-job-options.
- The Application Server logs to installDirectory/br/appserver.log as a stream at the info level.
The following table lists the various log files used by BMC Server Automation that might be of interest to you.
Overview of BMC Server Automation log files
Log file name | Description and default location | Where to configure |
|---|---|---|
Application Server | ||
appserver.log | Application Server log installDirectory/br/appserver.log | Infrastructure Management > AppServer Launcher > Edit AppServer LogfileName attribute installDirectory/br/deployments/ deploymentName/log4j.properties |
AppServerLauncher.log | AppServer Launcher log installDirectory/br/ AppServerLauncher.log | installDirectory/br/deployments/_template/log4j.properties |
post_install.log | Application Server configuration log installDirectory/br/post_install.log | installDirectory/br/deployments/deploymentName/log4j.properties |
Console.log | Application Server Console log installDirectory/br/Console.log | Infrastructure Management > AppServer Launcher > Edit AppServer ConsoleLogfileName |
Note: If you have multiple Application Server deployments, the names listed above are for the log files of the default Application Server deployment. The names of the log files for all other Application Server deployments are prefixed with the name of the deployment, connected with an underscore. | ||
RSCD Agent (Windows) | ||
rscd.log* | Windows RSCD Agent log rscdInstallDirectory\rscd.log | rscdInstallDirectory\log4crc.txt |
keystroke.log* | nexec session log rscdInstallDirectory\keystroke.log* | rscdInstallDirectory\log4crc.txt |
rscdsvc.log* | RSCD agent service rscdInstallDirectory\rscdsvc.log | rscdInstallDirectory\log4crc.txt |
*.log | Deploy Job log rscdInstallDirectory\Transactions\log*.log | rscdInstallDirectory\log4crc.txt |
RSCD Agent (UNIX) | ||
rscd.log* | UNIX RSCD Agent log rscdInstallDirectory/log/rscd.log | rscdInstallDirectory/log4crc.txt |
keystroke.log* | nexec session log rscdInstallDirectory/log/keystroke.log* | rscdInstallDirectory/log4crc.txt |
*.log | Deploy Job log rscdInstallDirectory/Transaction/log/*.log | rscdInstallDirectory/log4crc.txt |
RCP Client (Windows) | ||
.log | BMC Server Automation Console logWindowsHomeDirectory \BladeLogic\ 1_1_2\Workspace n \.metadata\.log | installDirectory\br\rcp.cf |
BLWorkbenchPlugin.log | BLWorkbenchPlugin logWindowsHomeDirectory \BladeLogic\ 1_1_2\Workspace n \.metadata\.plugins\ com.bladelogic.client.ui\ BLWorkbenchPlugin.log | installDirectory\br\rcp.cf |
RCP Client (UNIX) | ||
.log | BMC Server Automation Console log /root/.bladelogic/1_1_2/Workspace n/.metadata/.log | installDirectory/br/rcp.cf |
BLWorkbenchPlugin.log | BLWorkbenchPlugin log /root/.bladelogic/1_1_2/Workspace n/.metadata/.plugins/ com.bladelogic.client.ui/ BLWorkbenchPlugin.log | installDirectory/br/rcp.cf |
PXE server | ||
pxesrvr.log* | PXE server log installDirectory/br/pxesrvr.log* | installDirectory/br/deployments/_pxe/log4j.properties |
tftpsvr.log* | TFTP Server log installDirectory/br/tftpsvr.log* | installDirectory/br/tftpsvr.cf |
BLCLI (Windows) | ||
blcli.log | %APPDATA%\BladeLogic\blcli.log | %APPDATA%\BladeLogic\blcli--log.cf |
BLCLI (UNIX) | ||
blcli.log | $HOME/.bladelogic/blcli.log | $HOME/.bladelogic/blcli--log.cf |
Custom Configuration Objects (Windows and UNIX) | ||
blcoserver_*.log | Custom Configuration Object log, one log file for each custom configuration object. The name of the custom configuration object appears within the log file name. Stored by default in rscdInstallDirectory. | rscdInstallDirectory\log4crc.txt |