Viewing Log Files - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

2 Change the desired settings:
Log Level: Select Normal to display warnings and error messages; this is the preferred
logging level. Select Verbose to display information about traffic, including non-delivery
reports, in addition to warnings and error messages. Information includes the filename,
path, message ID, and size of the message being processed; the IP address of any inbound
SMTP connections; the Internet Agent-specific MSG number; and SMTP connection
messages such as "Connect to novell.com" and "Accepted connection from 172.16.5.18
novell.com". Select Diagnostic to display a detailed trace of gateway messages, errors,
and operations that can be useful for troubleshooting.
Disk Logging: Select On or Off to enable or disable logging of information to log files.
Maximum Log File Age: Specify the number of days you want the Internet Agent to
retain old log files. The Internet Agent retains the log file for the specified number of days
unless the maximum disk space for the log files is exceeded. The default age is 30 days.
Maximum Log Disk Space: Specify the maximum amount of disk space you want to use
for log files. If the disk space limit is exceeded, the Internet Agent deletes log files,
beginning with the oldest file, until the limit is no longer exceeded. The default disk space
is 102400 KB (100 MB).

49.6.4 Viewing Log Files

You can view the log file for the current session, or you can view archived log files. The current log
file is viewable through the Internet Agent console, as described in
Agent Server Console," on page
Section 49.2, "Using the Internet Agent Web Console," on page
through the consoles or an ASCII text editor.
Current Log File
The current log file is displayed in the Logging window of the Internet Agent console, with only the
most current operations visible. The log file is complete, and includes the gateway startup and
configuration information and ongoing operations logged by time, including the shutdown
operation. You can browse the file from top to bottom or perform a search for any text string you
want. You can also view the current log file from the Internet Agent Web console.
Archived Log Files
The Internet Agent creates a new log file every day at midnight or every time it restarts. Older log
files are not deleted for at least one day unless you have not allowed sufficient disk space for them to
be archived.
793, or in the Internet Agent Web console, as described in
Section 49.1, "Using the Internet
805. Archived files are viewable
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