Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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Cycle Power - powers down and then powers up the specified target devices.
9. The Completed Successful window will open. Click Finish . The Tasks window will open,
including the new task.
Task: Exporting an event log .csv file
This task exports selected fields from the DSView 3 software system event log to a .csv file. The
exported event log may be stored on a local or network drive. The event log is named eventlog.csv
by default, but you may also append the date and time to the end of the event log. The output .csv
file may be viewed in a text editor or spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see Running tasks manually on
page 289. You may also save an event log using the Export Event Log tool. See Creating an Event
Log .csv File on page 300.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add . The Add Task Wizard will appear. Click Next .
4. The Select Task to Add window will open.
a. Select Export event log to a comma separated values (.CSV) file from the drop-
down menu.
b. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
c. Click Next .
5. The Select When to Run the Task window will open. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 278), then click Next .
6. The Specify Export Event Log Properties window will open.
a. Type the directory in which to create the event log, which may be a physical local drive on
the DSView 3 software server or at a shared network location specified by a UNC path.
The location cannot be set to a mapped network drive.The directory name must be entered
in case sensitive text if your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.
b. If the specified directory location is a network drive that requires a log in, enable the Login
required to access shared drive location checkbox. Then, type the username and password
and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the network
share location.
c. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the event log file, enable the
Use date and time for file naming checkbox. For example, if you are creating the event log
file on October 1, 2005 at 10:04 pm, the file created will be named
eventlog1001052204.csv.
If an event log exists in the specified directory and you do not enable this option, it will be
overwritten when the new event log is created.