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158 Configuring alerts and logs
Viewing logs
Work with logs
Follow these procedures to perform common logging tasks.
To view a list of logs
1 In the Control Center, click Status > Logs .
2
Under Filter , specify selection criteria for the logs you wish to view, and
then click the Display button.
To go to the Logs Settings page
◆
Click the Settings button.
Time range (drop-down) Select a time range from the list or create a custom
time range. If you have recently changed time zones
on the Control Center, this change is not reflected
immediately, but requires you to stop and restart
Tomcat or to reboot the system.
Component (drop-down) Select a component for which to view logs: Scanner,
Control Center, or Quarantine.
Log type (drop-down) Select a log type from the list.
Scanner logs record the workings of Scanner
components, including the filter-hub; conduit;
LiveUpdate Client and Scheduler; and MTA. Control
Center logs show information on the Control Center,
the database, and LDAP. Quarantine Release logs
indicate which mail messages were released from the
Quarantine and when.
Log actions (drop-down) Select the type of actions to log: system events,
message actions, blocking actions, or all.
Display Search for and display logs that fit your criteria.
Settings Go to the Log Settings page.
Save Log Save the current log filter settings.
Clear All Scanner Logs Clear log records on all Scanner machines.
Entries per page (drop-down) Set the number of resulting log records to display per
page.
Display (drop-down) Select a range of log entries to display.
Table 8-2 View Logs page (Continued)
Item Description