Administrator Guide

Steps
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.
3. In the Summary tab, click Settings. The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the Alerts and Logs tab.
5. Select the Syslog server to remove.
6. Click Remove Server. The Remove Server dialog box opens.
7. Click OK. The selected Syslog server is removed and the Remove Server dialog box closes.
Viewing Storage Logs
To display and search for events in the Storage Center logs, use the Logs tab
Display Storage Logs for Multiple Storage Centers
Storage logs represent event activity on the selected storage systems. Storage logs for managed storage systems can be displayed
on the Logs tab of the Health view.
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Logs.
2. Select the check boxes of the storage systems to display and clear the check boxes of the storage systems to hide. The Logs
tab displays event log data for the selected storage systems.
3. To refresh the alert data, click Refresh.
Display Storage Logs for a Single Storage Center
Storage logs represent event activity on the Storage Center.
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center.
3. Click the Health tab.
4. Click the Logs subtab. The Logs subtab displays event log data for the selected Storage Center.
5. To refresh the alert data, click Refresh.
Select the Date Range of Log Events to Display
You can view log events for the last day, last 3 days, last 5 days, last week, or specify a custom time period.
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Logs.
2. Select the date range of the event log data to display by clicking one of the following options:
• Last Day – Displays the past 24 hours of event log data.
• Last 3 Days – Displays the past 72 hours of event log data.
• Last 5 Days – Displays the past 120 hours of event log data.
• Last Week – Displays the past 168 hours of event log data.
• Last Month – Displays the past month of event log data.
• Custom – Displays options that allow you to specify the start time and the end time of the event log data to display.
3. If you clicked Custom, perform the following tasks to specify the start time and end time of the event log data to display.
To specify the start time:
a. Select the start date of the time period to display from the date drop-down menu calendar.
b. Specify the start time of the time period in the time field.
c. Click Update to display the event log data using the specified start time.
To specify the end time:
a. Select the stop date of the time period to display from the date drop-down menu calendar.
b. Specify the stop time of the time period in the time field.
c. Click Update to display the event log data using the specified end time.
Storage Manager Log Monitoring
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