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Viewing ES Logs
247 IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Guide, Version 1.3
Viewing ES Logs
Introduction
Enterprise Scanner records many of its actions in log files that you can view in the
Proventia Manager. ES logs contain actions that are related only to Enterprise Scanner,
excluding actions related to system activities. This topic describes the most useful ES logs.
Log file descriptions
The following table describes the ES log files:
Procedure To view the ES logs:
1. On the navigation pane in Proventia Manager, select Logs , and then select ES Logs .
2. Select a log to view in the Select Log list.
Log Name (
file_name
) Description
Trace Log ( CrmTrace.log )
The log for the CRM that handles interaction with SiteProtector’s
Sensor Services and Event Services components. The log file
includes information about the following:
• interaction with the Sensor and Event services
• ESM startup
• other operational details
Note:
This log file is created as \tmp\issCSFTrace.tmp ; the
log file name is changed about half way through the initialization
of the CRM.
Interface Log (
crm-esm.log
)
The interface log, which details communications between the
CRM and the ESM.
Engine Log (
iss-esm.log
)
The ESM blade log. This log file contains low-level information
related to Common Assessment Module (CAM) sessions that are
executed by discovery and assessment tasks, including all
exception, info, and trace messages produced by CAM.
Scheduler Log
(
iss-esmScheduler.log
)
The log file for the Enterprise Scanner task scheduler includes
high-level information about the following:
• interactions with the Asset Service and Task Service
• the scheduling and running of background and ad hoc
discovery and assessment tasks
Table 94: ES log descriptions