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NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Operator's Guide

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6 Examining the Activity Log
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What Is in This Section This section describes the activity log, where messages about network activity are
recorded, and describes the Activity Log Browse facility, with which you can examine
this log. In addition, this section covers the following procedures:
Entering and exiting the Activity Log Browse facility
Understanding activity log records
Browsing through the activity log
Searching the activity log for specific records
Issuing NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands from within the Activity Log
Browse facility
Sending messages to the activity log
Opening a new activity log file
Displaying information about activity log files
Browsing through an earlier activity log file
Browsing through a remote activity log file
See Section 1, “Getting Started With NonStop NET/MASTER MS,” for information on
getting help on commands and messages from the Activity Log Browse facility.
What Is the Activity
Log?
The activity log is a log file where event messages and responses to NonStop
NET/MASTER MS commands are recorded. It represents a record of activity
occurring throughout the network.
Depending on how your NonStop NET/MASTER MS system is configured, there may
be up to nine physical activity log files available for recording network activity. An
activity log file may contain records for several days. Although only one activity log
file is open at a time, you may view the contents of earlier activity log files.
When the current activity log file is full, or if an I/O error on the log file occurs, the
current log file is automatically closed and the next available log is opened.
In every NonStop NET/MASTER MS system, an NCL procedure referred to as the
LOGPROC procedure (the activity log procedure) can be set up to intercept and
process all messages destined for the activity log.
Configuring the activity log files and the system LOGPROC procedure is discussed in
the NonStop NET/MASTER MS System Management Guide.