Reference Guide

Introduction 13
The System Log window displays a list of recently logged events.
4 To view the details of an event, double-click one of the event items.
NOTE: You can also look up the dcsys<xx>.xml file, in the
<install_path>\omsa\log directory, to view the separate event log file, where
the default install_path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt and xx is 32 or 64
depending on the operating system that is installed.
Viewing Events in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server
1 Log in as root .
2 Use a text editor such as vi or emacs to view the file named
/var/log/messages .
The following example shows the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server message log, /var/log/messages. The text in boldface type
indicates the message text.
NOTE: These messages are typically displayed as one long line. In the following
example, the message is displayed using line breaks to help you see the message
text more clearly.
Feb 6 14:20:51 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1000
Server Administrator starting
Feb 6 14:20:51 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1001
Server Administrator startup complete
Feb 6 14:21:21 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1254 Chassis
intrusion detected Sensor location: Main chassis
intrusion Chassis location: Main System Chassis
Previous state was: OK (Normal) Chassis intrusion
state: Open
Feb 6 14:21:51 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1252 Chassis
intrusion returned to normal Sensor location: Main