Process Logs, Process List and CPU Affinity screen

The System Process Logs screen is displayed by clicking the More > Process Logs link. The proceding screen permits you to view any process log (of the various processes running on the system). Additionally, the operator can view the system process list of the local machine (including the ability to terminate individual processes) or set the CPU Process Affinities screen, that assigns specific processes to different CPU values. A depiction of the System Process Logs screen is shown as follows:

The proceding screen furnishes diverse administrative functions, permitting the operator to view process logs, view the system process list, set the process affinity mask, or restart the BMC Defender Framework Service. Specific functions available from this screen include the following.

• View Process Log—The operator can click on any link in the proceding screen to view the log file for a background process on the system. These log files reside in the system folder of the server root directory, and contain useful information that might be necessary for system level debug.
• View System Process List—The operator can click the View System Process List link at the top of the screen to view all the running processes on the screen. Each process is identified by name, Process Identifier, and CPU Affinity mask. (See the Set CPU Affinities screen below for more info.) This screen is also accessible via the More > Sys Info screen.
• Terminate Existing Process—On the View System Processes screen, the operator can terminate an existing process by clicking the link for the process name, and then clicking Confirm to terminate the process. This might have unexpected results, but might be necessary for system level tuning and debug.
• Set Process CPU Affinities—The operator can click the Set Process Affinities link at the top of the screen to assign the BMC Defender Framework processes to specific CPUs. This might be necessary for extreme fine tuning (but can usually be ignored by most sites without capacity issues). Each BMC Defender Server process is assigned a standard Windows Affinity mask, where the bit of the mask identifies the CPUs that can be used by the process, where 0 = Any process, 1 = CPU #1, 2 = CPU #2, 4 = CPU #3, 8 = CPU #4, and so on. For information on the Windows CPU Affinities mask, consult web resources. This screen is also accessible via the More > Sys Info screen.
• Restart BMC Defender Framework Services—The operator can restart the BMC Defender Framework Service by clicking Restart Framework Service at the bottom of the screen, and confirming the restart operation. This has an affect identical to stopping and restarting the BMC Defender Framework Service from the Windows Service Manager (or typing net stop correlog and net start correlog from an administrative command prompt).