Configuring Centralized Log Settings; Configuring Smtp Settings - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008 Administration Manual

4 In the Purge Log Entries After field, select a value from the drop-down list. The available
options are 30, 60, and 90.
Log entries older than the selected number of days are purged. Purging is done every midnight
and 5 minutes after zenloader starts.
5 Click OK or Apply.

40.1.2 Configuring Centralized Log Settings

These settings allow you to use a log file to log the messages of a server and all the managed devices
that are connected to this server. The name of this log file is central-message.log, and it is
located in /var/opt/novell/log/zenworks.
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click Configuration.
2 In Management Zone Settings, click Centralized Message Logging.
3 Under Centralized File Log, select the Log Message to a Centralized File if Severity Is check
box to enable the settings.
4 In the Log Message to a Centralized File if Severity Is field, select a value from the drop-down
list.
Select Error to store the messages that have an Error severity.
Select Warning and Above to store the messages that have a severity of Warning and Error.
Select Information and Above to store the messages that have a severity of Information,
Warning, and Error.
5 In the Limit File Size To field, specify the size of a file in KB or MB. The default value is 100
MB.
The message file is backed up after reaching the specified size.
6 In the Number of Backup Files field, specify the number of backup files to take. The default
value is 2.
The maximum number of backup files is 99. The most recent backup file is named central-
message.log.1, the second most recent file has the number 2, and so on. When the
maximum file size is reached, the oldest file is deleted.
7 Click Apply or OK.

40.1.3 Configuring SMTP Settings

These settings allow you to send error messages through e-mail by configuring SMTP settings.
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click Configuration.
2 In Management Zone Settings, click Centralized Message Logging.
3 Under E-mail Notification, select the Send Log Message via E-mail If Severity Is check box to
enable the settings.
4 In the SMTP Server Address field, specify the SMTP server address.
You can specify a DNS name or IP address as a server address.
5 Select SMTP Server Requires Authentication to authenticate to the SMTP server.
6 Specify the username to use to authenticate to the SMTP server.
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