Chapter 12 Monitoring Server And Database Activity; Viewing And Configuring Log Files - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Monitoring Server and Database Activity
This chapter describes monitoring database and Red Hat Directory Server
(Directory Server) logs. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Viewing and Configuring Log Files (page 447)
• Manual Log File Rotation (page 455)
• Monitoring Server Activity (page 455)
• Monitoring Database Activity (page 461)
• Monitoring Database Link Activity (page 467)
For information on using SNMP to monitor your Directory Server, see chapter 13,
"Monitoring Directory Server Using SNMP."

Viewing and Configuring Log Files

Directory Server provides three types of logs to help you better manage your
directory and tune performance. These logs include:
• Access Log
• Error Log
• Audit Log
The following aspects are common to the configuration of all types of logs:
• Defining a log file creation policy.
• Defining a log file deletion policy.
The following sections describe how to define your log file creation and deletion
policy and how to view and configure each type of log.
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