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Contents of the logs

The general format of all log messages in the text file is:

_(timeOfEvent),level.levelseverityseverityOfEvent,sourceOfEvent, eventMessageContent_

For example:

(Jan 14 2012 04:01:07.667 PM -0600),CONFIG,com.bmc.install.builder.
installanywhere.InstallationTaskAction,
  LOG EVENT {Description=[CREATED InstallationTask],Detail=[com.bmc.install.
product.bmcitbm.BMCITBusinessManagementProjectInitializationInstallationTask]}

This message indicates a LOG EVENT message that happened on Jan 014, 2012, at 04:01:07 p. m. with a status of CREATED from an InstallationTask source class.
The severity levels from highest to lowest values are:

  • SEVERE (appears in red in the log viewer)
  • WARNING (appears in yellow in the log viewer)
  • INFO
  • CONFIG
  • FINE
  • FINER
  • FINEST

The following table describes the main log message types.

Log message types

Message type

Description

Log event

Describes the following types of information:

  • The start and end of installation tasks (installer logic and behavior) and installation panels.
  • The setting of installation properties. These properties can be set and controlled by the platform, or they can be set based on user input fields.
  • General informative data. The structure and content within the description text varies across products.

Progress event

Describes how much of a task is completed. These messages correspond to progress bar updates and the localized resource keys that are used to determine messages on the progress bar.

Throwable event

Describes failures with stack traces.

Summary section

Provides a summary at the end of the log that contains the same type of data shown on the installation summary panel (for example, whether the installation was successful or unsuccessful, and if unsuccessful, what features failed to install).

 

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