CHAPTER 13. APPLICATION’S
EVENT LOGS
Kaspersky Security 5.5 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 allows the user to
perform full diagnostics of its operation and register events in the Microsoft
Windows event log and in the Kaspersky Security application's log file.
The degree of the completeness of the information entered into the logs depends
on the diagnostics levels selected in the application’s settings (details see section
13.1, page 112).
Events registered in the Microsoft Windows event log can be viewed using
standard Microsoft Windows tool –
Events Viewer
. For Kaspersky Security the
Source
column will contain
KSE
line.
To ensure that events registered in the Microsoft Windows event log
are displayed correctly, a language that matches the language used by
your copy of Kaspersky Security must be selected as the
Language
for non-Unicode programs
in the Microsoft Windows
Regional and
Language Options
service.
Kaspersky Security 5.5 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 event logs are
maintained in two formats and, depending on the format, the naming conventions
for the log files may be as follows:
kavscmesrvDATE.log
– main application’s event log where information
pertaining to anti-virus protection is appended.
kscmasDATE.log
– main application’s event log where information pertaining
to anti-spam server protection is appended.
FILENAME.rawDATE.log –
a
log that contains unformatted data pertaining to
the activity of individual application components if, for some reason, it
could not be entered in the main log. FILENAME part corresponds to the
name of the component writing the log.
The
DATE
part in the filename shall be replaced with the date the log was
created on in the
YYYYMMDD
format. For example,
kavscmesrv20050410.log
.
If, by the time when data must be entered into the log, the log is not accessible
for writing, for example, if it is open for editing by the administrator, a new file will
be created with a postfix added to the filename. For example,
kavscmesrv20040410_1.log
.
By default, a new log is created on a monthly basis. The log storage period is not
restricted; however, the maximum number of logs having the same format is
limited. By default, the application can store not more than 5 logs of the same
