You can enable remote logging to save
log entries on a remote server outside of
the appliance. Remote logging can be helpful when you must set
a detailed debugging log level to help isolate a problem or monitor
behavior over a long time period.
Before you begin
- You must have a syslog server available to listen for and capture
events.
- The names of your catalog servers, container servers, and application
servers (if you are using WebSphere® Application Server)
must contain alphanumeric characters only. Syslog RFC 1364 does not
allow non-alphanumeric characters for the TAG field. The TAG field
contains the server name in the syslog messages.
About this task
Use remote logging for analysis of historical data.
The
appliance keeps only a limited number of log files in the system. Configure
remote logging if you require more log files to be saved for further
analysis. The remote logging server aggregates the data from multiple
appliances, so you can configure your entire collective to send files
to the same remote logging server.
Procedure
Configure a remote logging server in
the appliance user interface.- In the user interface,
click .
- Enter the remote host and port for the remote logging
server.
- Enter the threshold of the severity of messages that
you want to send to the remote logging server. To send
both warning and severe messages, select WARNING.
To send severe messages only, select SEVERE.
Results
Messages are sent to your configured remote logging server
for archival and analysis.