Appliance log types and descriptions

You can view a description of the log files for System, Web Server, appliance Server, File Servers, Task Processor, Privileged Action Server, Scheduled Action Server, User State Migration, Import and Export, REST API, and Update .

Table 5. Appliance Logs

Log type	Log name	Description
System	System Messages	Displays system messages from the operating system running the appliance.
	Outgoing Mail Log	Displays logs of email messages sent from the appliance.
	Data Storage Configuration	Displays external storage configurations on the appliance.
Web Server	Access Log	Displays the request log file for the Apache™ Web server.
	Error Log	Displays the error log file for the Apache Web server.
SDA Server	Output Log	Displays messages from system updates, cleanup tasks, offboard storage updates, driver feed and documentation updates.
	Error Log	Displays errors from system updates, cleanup tasks, offboard storage updates, driver feed updates and documentation updates.
	Multicast Log	Displays program execution details about multicast imaging jobs.
	Output Log	Displays messages from system updates, cleanup tasks, offboard storage updates, driver feed and documentation updates.
	Output Enhanced Log	Displays enhanced messages, such as errors and related stack trace from system updates, clean up tasks, offboard storage updates, driver feed and documentation updates.
	Error Log	Displays errors from system updates, cleanup tasks, offboard storage updates, driver feed updates and documentation updates.
	Multicast Log	Displays program execution details about multicast imaging jobs.
	Upgrade Log	Displays messages generated during the appliance upgrade
File Servers	TFTP Transfer Log	Displays appliance boot errors and requests.
	NETBIOS Name Server	Displays messages from the NetBIOS server on the appliance.
	Windows File Server	Displays messages from the Samba service, which shares the folders on the appliance.
Task Processor	Output Log	Displays messages from the appliance server task processor, which runs tasks in the background. The tasks that can be processed include: • Importing source media that the Media Manager uploads. • Importing a WIM or K-Image. • Rebuilding driver cache. • Rebuilding a KBE environment. • Creating and updating scripted installations. • Synchronizing data with an RSA (Remote Site Appliance).
	Error Log	Displays errors in the tasks that the appliance server task processor performs.
Privileged Action Server	Output Log	Displays output from the privileged action server, which is tasks that require elevated permissions. These tasks include: • Changing any appliance settings such as network, region and locale, date and time, or SSL. • Performing upgrades. • Running the reboot or power-off command. • Migrating to or importing from external storage. • Setting file permissions on imported media. • Synchronizing license key with an RSA.
	Error Log	Displays errors that occur while the privileged action server is running.
Scheduled Action Server	Output Log	Displays messages from the appliance scheduled tasks. These scheduled tasks include: • Check for drive failures. • Update the disk usage chart and external-storage status. • Check for Driver Feed updates from Quest KACE. • Check for server updates. • Rotate the log. • Disk cleanup.
	Error Log	Displays errors in the scheduled task.
User State Migration	Failed Error Log	Displays failures in the online USMT scanning process.
Import and Export	Import Log	Displays output and errors of any import jobs.
	Export Log	Displays output and errors of any export jobs.
	Download Logs	Downloads the appliance log files as a single .tgz file.
Nightly Updates	Output Log	Displays messages from the nightly updates to the system.
	Error Log	Displays any errors from the nightly updates.
REST API	API Log	Displays output and errors from the REST API.
Appliance Updates	Update Log	Displays output from any appliance updates that have been applied.
FreeBSD Logs	FreeBSD Daily Output Log	Displays the daily run output from FreeBSD.
	FreeBSD Daily Security Output Log	Displays the daily security run output from FreeBSD.
	FreeBSD Weekly Output Log	Displays the weekly run output from FreeBSD.
	FreeBSD Weekly Security Output Log	Displays the weekly security run output from FreeBSD.
	FreeBSD Monthly Output Log	Displays the monthly run output from FreeBSD.
	FreeBSD Monthly Security Output Log	Displays the monthly security run output from FreeBSD.