Changing Appliance Settings - Extreme Networks NetSight NS-A-20 Installation Manual

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Changing Syslog Location
Change the Syslog Log Manager to point to the new location on the appliance. This will allow the
display of syslog information in the Syslog Event View tab.
1
From the Console menu bar, select Tools > Alarm/Event > Event View Manager.
2 Click on the Syslog entry under Available Log Managers, and click the Edit button.
The Log Manager Parameters window opens.
3 Change the path in the Log Directory field to /var/log/messages.
4 Change the Pattern to Red Hat LINUX Syslog Pattern.
5 Click OK.
Changing Traps Location
Change the Traps Log Manager to point to the new location on the appliance. This will allow the display
of trap information in the Traps Event View tab.
1
From the Console menu bar, select Tools > Alarm/Event > Event View Manager.
2 Click on the Traps entry under Available Log Managers, and click the Edit button.
The Log Manager Parameters window opens.
3 Change the path in the Log Directory field to %logdir%/traps.
4 Click OK.
Changing Inventory Manager
If you are using Inventory Manager, you must change the Data Storage Directory path to point to the
new location on the appliance. The Data Storage Directory is where all Inventory Manager data is
stored, including capacity planning reports, configuration templates, archived configurations, and
property files.
1
From the Inventory Manager menu bar, select Tools > Options.
2 Expand the Inventory Manager options folder and select Data Storage Directory Path.
3 Change the path to the correct new location.
On a default Linux install, the path would be:
/usr/local/Extreme_Networks/NetSight/appdata/InventoryMgr/
4 Click OK.

Changing Appliance Settings

Use these steps if you need to change your NetSight appliance settings following your initial appliance
configuration.
NetSight NS-A-20 Installation Guide
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