Using the log file viewer

The log file viewer allows you to examine various log files through an HTML interface. This section describes viewing database log files. You can use the log file viewer from OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer.

To access and use the database log file viewer:

1. Click Log File Viewer in the Command and Control section of the Database details page. The viewer appears.

2. You can work with the Log File Viewer in the following ways:

Use the Show field to control how many database log file entries display at one time. The number entered into the Show field cannot be less than 10.

Use the Overlap field to control how many entries are repeated from screen to screen.

The value in the Overlap field cannot be more than the number in the Show field minus one. For example, if you show 30 entries, you can overlap only 29 or fewer of them.

Click Reload after changing the values in the Show field or Overlap field. If you do not reload, the viewer continues to display the previous values.

Click Go To to control which numbered entry in the log file the viewer begins its display with. For example, a value of 10 entered into the Go To field will begin the display from the tenth log file entry.

You must click Go To after entering a value in the Go To field or the viewer will not update its display.

The default display of entries is in ascending order; choose Descending to change the display. Note that the Show field dictates the number of entries shown, regardless of whether they display in ascending or descending order.

Click First to display the first x entries, where x is the value in the Show field.

Click Previous to display the previous x entries, where x is the value in the Show field.

Click Next to display the next x entries, where x is the value in the Show field.

Click Last to display the last x entries, where x is the value in the Show field.

To view additional log file entries without changing your current starting log file entry, leave the Go To field blank, change the value in the Show field, and click Reload.

If the contents of the log file have changed since you opened the viewer, the log file viewer indicates this in the Log file status field.

OpenEdge Management considers a viewer that has been inactive for more than four hours stale and at that point releases ninety-five percent of any memory being held. If you try to use a stale viewer, OpenEdge Management automatically reloads the file. Because additional resource activity might have occurred during the viewer's inactivity, the reloaded log file view might not match the previous log file view of that resource.

OpenEdge Management considers a viewer that has been inactive for forty-eight hours dead. Once a viewer dies, OpenEdge Management releases all of its memory. To return to the log file displayed in a dead view, you must renavigate to it, even if you pinned up the view or saved a link to it before the viewer died.

You can also use the log file viewer with resources other than the database, as listed in the following table.

Table 3. Log file viewer documentation
For information about . . .	See the . . .
AppServer broker and server logs	OpenEdge Management: Servers, DataServers, Messengers, and Adapters
NameServer broker log	OpenEdge Management: Servers, DataServers, Messengers, and Adapters
WebSpeed broker and server logs	OpenEdge Management: Servers, DataServers, Messengers, and Adapters
DataServer broker and server logs	OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration
AppServer Internet Adapter log	OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration
WebSpeed Messenger log	OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration
Web Services Adapter log	OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration
OE Web Server log	OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration
SonicMQ Adapter broker and server log	OpenEdge Management and OpenEdge Explorer: Configuration