Fortinet FortiRecorder 400D, Administration Manual

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Logging
Log messages, if you configured them (see “Configuring logging” ), record important events on
your FortiRecorder system.
About logs
FortiRecorder appliances can log many different activities including:
• camera recording events
• administrator-triggered events including logouts and configuration changes
• system-triggered events including system failures
For more information about log types, see “Log types” .
You can select a priority level that log messages must meet in order to be recorded. For more
information, see
“Log severity levels” .
The FortiRecorder appliance can save log messages to its memory, or to a remote location such
as a Syslog server or FortiAnalyzer appliance. For more information, see
“Configuring logging” .
See also
• Log types
• Log severity levels
Log types
Each log message contains a Type (
type
) field that indicates its category, and in which log file it
is stored.
FortiRecorder appliances can record the following categories of log messages:
Table 9: Log types
Log type Description
Event Displays administrative events, such as downloading a backup copy of the
configuration, and hardware failures.
Camera Displays start/stop recording events, factory reset, and other camera events.
Avoid recording highly frequent log types such as traffic logs to the local hard disk for an
extended period of time. Excessive logging frequency can cause undue wear on the hard disk
and may cause premature failure.