Chapter 12 Monitoring Server And Database Activity; Viewing And Configuring Log Files - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

This chapter describes monitoring database and Netscape Directory Server
(Directory Server) logs. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Viewing and Configuring Log Files (page 397)
• Manual Log File Rotation (page 404)
• Monitoring Server Activity (page 404)
• Monitoring Database Activity (page 411)
• Monitoring Database Link Activity (page 416)
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
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