Chapter 9 Using Log Files; About Log Files - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

You can monitor your server's activity using several different methods. This
chapter discusses how to monitor your server by recording and viewing log files.
For information on using the built-performance monitoring services, quality of
service features, or SNMP, see Chapter 10, "Monitoring Servers."
This chapter contains the following sections:
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About Log Files

• Viewing an Access Log File
• Viewing the Error Log File
• Archiving Log Files
• Setting Log Preferences
• Running the Log Analyzer
• Viewing Events (Windows NT/Windows 2000)
About Log Files
Server log files record your server's activity. You can use these logs to monitor
your server and to help you when troubleshooting. The error log file, located in
server_root/
errors the server has encountered. The access log, located in
server_root/
information about requests to the server and the responses from the server. You
can configure the information recorded in the Netscape Enterprise Server
log file. You use the log analyzer to generate server statistics. You can back up
server error and access log files by archiving them.
identifier
https- /logs/errors
identifier
https- /logs/access
Using Log Files
in the server root directory, lists all the
in the server root directory, records
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