User guide

62 DSView Installer/User Guide
Debug tab settings
Creating debug log files
NOTE: You may also create files to log information about the primary and secondary DSAuth Servers and ASMP
Manager. See Creating Debug Log Files on page 21 for more information.
Log files may provide helpful information to assist in debugging your system. Administrators may
choose to create the following log files:
• DSView.log - Logs Node Manager window information such as connections to and
disconnections from the DSView 3.0 management software server during a DSView session.
The DSView.log file is created in the C: directory.
• AcvvWin32Lib.log - Logs information passed through the AcvvWin32Lib.dll during a
DSView session, such as typed keyboard inputs sent from the Node Manager window to a
server displayed in a Video Viewer window. The AcvvWin32Lib.log file is created in the
C: directory.
• Trace.log - Logs Video Viewer window information and is not updated during a DSView
session. The Trace.log file is created in the <drive:>/Program Files/Avocent/DSView directory
when a DSView session is opened, remains open throughout the DSView session and is
overwritten each time the DSView software is restarted.
The DSView.log and AcvvWin32Lib.log files may be deleted at any time during a DSView session
by clicking Clear Log. You may also specify that DSView.log and AcvvWin32Lib.log files above
a particular size will be deleted when a session is closed by clicking Enable in the Purge area and
typing a file size in the Megabytes field.
To create a debug log file:
1. Click the Enable checkbox for the log file you wish to create.
2. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Close the DSView session.
4. Open a new DSView session. Logging will begin in the log file.
To disable logging within a log file:
1. Clear the Enable checkbox of the log file for which you wish to quit logging information.
2. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Close the DSView session.
4. Open a new DSView session. No further information will be added in the log file.