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Installing AR System Log Analyzer

 Log Analyzer, arwklga.exe, is a Perl command-line utility available for download from BMC Developer Communities. It parses  API, Filter, and SQL logs to obtain statistics about the transactions captured in the logs. These statistics are useful for analyzing performance issues with  applications, such as  and BMC Atrium CMDB.

The download includes several files:

  • arwklga.html — Documentation for the  Log Analyzer utility, which describes the commands and explains how to use the utility
  • arpreparelogs.exe —  Prepare Logs, a companion utility to run before  Log Analyzer, which formats and merges log files
  • arwklga.exe —  Log Analyzer, which generates output files to summarize transaction statistics

To install  Log Analyzer

  1. Open a browser, and log on to BMC Communities.
  2. Click Remedy 9: New AR Log Analyzer - Recorded Session for a quick overview of the  Log Analyzer.
  3. Click EPD Direct Download link to download the  Log Analyzer.
  4. Download ARLogAnalyzer9104.zip to a temporary directory on a Microsoft Windows computer.
  5. Extract the archive file to the directory of your choice, and then add this directory to your path environment variable.

Note

The  Log Analyzer utility is documented in the arwklga.html file that is available in the arwklga_templates sub-directory.

A Python based utility is also available for download from BMC Communities. For more information, see pyARLogAnalyzer 5.4.4.

Where to go from here

Running-arpreparelogs-exe
Running-AR-System-Log-Analyzer
Viewing-AR-System-Log-Analyzer-output

 

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