ROSS
MN/13070
6
Retrieving Event and Tracking Logs
Description
GetLog is a windows console application that retrieves events stored in the ROSS event log and
tracking log. GetLog can be run directly from the command line console or as a scheduled task
using the windows task scheduler.
Installation
Copy the ‘GetLog.exe’ into a directory where the user has valid
write
and
execute
privileges.
This application can be installed on a VMS Client PC. Only users with privileges should run this
application.
Operation
GetLog can be executed in two modes: (1) console, (2) scheduled task. Before using GetLog in
any mode, it is highly recommended that connection status to ROSS is verified active.
Command Options
The GetLog console application has the following command line options:
-e downloads the entire System Event Log file.
No option downloads the entire Tracking Log file.
For example, the following command retrieves all event logs. The output is saved as application
generated log.txt file and written into the path from where GetLog was executed.
GetLog –e destination (where destination is the IP Address of desired ROSS unit)
To retrieve tracking logs it is recommend that a separate copy of GetLog application is executed
from a different directory as the output file name is generate with the same naming convention
“log.txt”.
GetLog “no options” destination
Note each time GetLog is executed it will overwrite the existing file, recommend renaming or
setting up system date environment variables to preserve each downloaded copy. Batch files will
help to schedule multiple lists of ROSS units.
Scheduled Task Mode
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