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FLASH
MEDIA
SERVER
4.5
CONFIGURATION
AND
ADMINISTRATION
Monitoring and Managing Log Files
Last updated 11/28/2012
Diagnostic logs
Diagnostic log file
The diagnostic log records information about Flash Media Server operations (this is in addition to the information
logged by the operating system). This log is used primarily for debugging (logging uncommon events that occur in
Flash Media Server processes).
The default diagnostic logs are master.xx.log, edge.xx.log, core.xx.log, admin.xx.log, and httpcache.xx.log. All the
diagnostic logs are located in the Flash Media Server logs directory. Flash Media Server is configured, by default, to
create a diagnostic log for each type of process. The “xx” in the filename is a two-digit number representing the version
of the log.
For a list of messages that appear in the diagnostic log files, see “
Diagnostic logs
” on page 104.
Fields in diagnostic logs
Status categories in diagnostic logs
Field
Event(s)
Description
date
All
Date on which the event occurred.
time
All
Time at which event occurred.
x-pid
All
Server process ID.
x-status
All
Status code: The code is a 10-character string that represents the severity, category, and
message ID.
The first three characters represent severity, as follows:
(w) = warning
(e) = error
(i) = information
(d) = debug
(s) = trace from server-side script
(_) = unknown
The next three characters represent category. All categories are listed in “
Status categories
in diagnostic logs
” on page
104.
The last four characters represent the message ID.
x-stx
All
Event-dependent context information.
Category
Description
257
TCService
258
TCServer
259
Presence
260
Storage
261
Stream