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7. Administration
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7.4 Log Server
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Events
The
Events
menu consists of two items;
Search
and
Maintenance
.
Search
Search allows you to search for events containing specific words or
strings. When you access this function, a screen similar to the one that
follows appears:
A description of the items from the
Search
screen is given in the table:
Item
Description
Search
Options
New search:
When selected, the search is performed
on all the events in the database for the selected KVM.
Search last results:
This is a secondary search
performed on the events that resulted from the last
search.
Search excluding last results:
This is a secondary
search performed on all the events in the database for
the selected KVM excluding the events that resulted
from the last search.
Server List
KVM switches are listed in the
Log Server
list according
to their IP address. Select the unit that you want to
perform the search on from this list. You can select
more than one unit for the search. If no units are
selected, the search is performed on all of them.
Priority List
Determines what types of search results are displayed,
according to their level of importance to the security of
the installation;
Most
,
Medium
or
Least
. If nothing is
selected, all results will display, and they will be color-
coded according to level of importance:
• Most
important: Entries highlighted in red are the
most relevant to the security of the installation.
• Medium
importance: Entries highlighted in blue are
somewhat relevant to the security of the installation.
• Least
importance: Entries highlighted in black are
least relevant to the security of the installation.
Start Date
Select the date that you want the search to start from.
The format follows the MM/DD/YYYY convention (e.g.
11/04/2012).
Start Time
Select the time that you want the search to start from.
End Date
Select the date that you want the search to end. The
format follows the MM/DD/YYYY convention (e.g.
11/04/2012).
End Time
Select the time that you want the search to end.
Pattern
Key in text here that you want the search to filter the
events by.
Results
The events that matched your search terms are listed
here.
Search
After you have entered in all of your search terms, click
this button to start the search.
Click this button to print the search results.
Export
Click this button to export search results as a text file.
Exit
Click this button to exit the
Search
dialog box.
Maintenance
This function allows the Administrator to remove all records that have
passed their expiration limit. In order to delete old files from the log
server, the maintenance function must be performed.
Options
The
Options
menu consists of only one function:
Network Retry
.
Network Retry
Network Retry
allows you to set the number of seconds that the
Log
Server
should wait before attempting to connect in the event that the
previous connection attempt failed. When you click this item, a dialog
box appears:
Key in the desired number of seconds and click
OK
to finish.
Help
The
Help
menu consists of two options:
Contents
and
About Log
Server
.
Contents
Selecting the
Contents
function will bring up an online help file. The
help file contains instructions about how to setup, operate and
troubleshoot the
Log Server
.
About Log Server
Selecting the
About Log Server
option will pull up a dialog box that
gives you the version number of the Log Server.
The Log Server Main Screen
The
Log Server Main Screen
is divided into two main panels: an upper
(List) panel that displays all of the KVM switches that have been added
to the
Log Server
and a lower (Event) panel that displays the log events
for the currently selected KVM. To select a KVM from the list, simply
click on it.
