The topology console log displays messages and issued commands and their responses. Although command responses may be received asynchronously, they are always displayed following the issuing command.
The text in the log window is color-coded as follows:
You can customize these colors and other operational limits using the Log page of the Console Properties notebook.
You can perform certain functions on items in the console log from the pop-up menu (right-click to access). For example, you can delete items in the log or save them to a file. You can also specify automatic scrolling so that when an event is received, the list automatically scrolls to the bottom.
To resize a column in the log window, (for example, if the time and date are not displaying on the same line) drag the header to the appropriate width.
You can display or hide the log by selecting Show Log from the Options menu.
You can detach the log and place it in its own window by selecting Tear Away Log from the Options menu. You can return the log to the console, by selecting Return to Main Window from the Options menu.
As items are buffered out from the log, they are written to a log file on the server. The name of the log file is the user name appended by the word log and the date and time the log was created, in the following format: usernamelogyymmdd-hhmmss.log. For example: user1log980506-033229.log. One log file is created for each user's sign-on session. Only the last five log files are kept for each user. The log file is created in one of the following directories: