Configuring System Message Logging
Enabling and Disabling Timestamps on Log Messages
By default, log messages are not timestamped.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable timestamping of log messages:
Command
Step 1
configure terminal
Step 2
service timestamps log uptime
or
service timestamps log datetime [msec] [localtime]
[show-timezone]
Step 3
end
Step 4
show running-config
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config
To disable timestamps for both debug and log messages, use the no service timestamps global
configuration command.
This example shows part of a logging display with the service timestamps log datetime global
configuration command enabled:
*Mar
This example shows part of a logging display with the service timestamps log uptime global
configuration command enabled:
00:00:46: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel1, changed state to up
Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages
Because there is a chance that more than one log message can have the same timestamp, you can display
messages with sequence numbers so that you can unambiguously refer to a single message. By default,
sequence numbers in log messages are not displayed.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable sequence numbers in log messages:
Command
Step 1
configure terminal
Step 2
service sequence-numbers
Step 3
end
Step 4
show running-config
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config
To disable sequence numbers, use the no service sequence-numbers global configuration command.
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Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Enable log timestamps.
The first command enables timestamps on log messages,
showing the time since the system was rebooted.
The second command enables timestamps on log messages.
Depending on the options selected, the timestamp can
include the date, time in milliseconds relative to the local
time zone, and the time zone name.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify your entries.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Enable sequence numbers.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify your entries.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Configuring System Message Logging
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