Event Logging Tab

The Event Logging tab is used to control the manner in which logging files are created and saved. To view this tab, select Event Logging on the IxServer Options dialog box. The tab appears as shown in the following figure.

Figure:Event Logging File Configuration

The fields in the tab are described in Table:Event Logging Parameters.

Table:Event Logging Parameters

GroupFieldUsage

Enable Logging

 

If selected, starts an event.

 

Session Begin/End

If selected, the start and stop time of each client session is logged.

 

Events

If selected, enables logging of events.

 

Errors

If selected, enables logging of errors.

 

High volume stat requests

If selected, enables logging of high volume statistics requests.

File Name Format

 

Indicates the name under which the various log and csv files are kept. The event files are logged into the same folder in which the Ixia IxExplorer was loaded (usually c:\Program Files\Ixia\IxOS\version X). The name may contain any of the following character sequences, which are substituted with actual values when each log file or csv file is created.

  • %Y: The four digit year number. For example, 2008.
  • %m: The two digit month number. For example, 01 for January.
  • %d: The two digit day number within the month.
  • %a: The abbreviated weekday name.
  • %A: The full weekday name.
  • %b: The abbreviated month name.
  • %B: The full month name.
  • %c: The date and time appropriate for the locale.
  • %H: The hour in 24-hour format.
  • %I: The hour in 12-hour format.
  • %j: The day of the year as a decimal number.
  • %M: The minute as a decimal number.
  • %p: The AM/PM indicator.
  • %S: The second as a decimal number.
  • %U: The week of the year as a decimal number.
  • %w: The weekday as a decimal number.
  • %W: The week of the year as a decimal number.
  • %x: The date representation for the current locale.
  • %y: The two digit year number. For example, 99.
  • %z,%Z: The time-zone name or abbreviation.
  • %%: The percent sign.

Open New Log

 

This group of options controls when a new log file is created.

 

Daily/Weekly/Monthly

A new log is started on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, depending on the selection.

 

When file size exceeds __ MB

If this is selected, a new log is also started when the size of a log file exceeds a specified size.

ETW Traces

 ETW (Event Tracing for Windows) is an advanced method of collecting tracing information for diagnostics purposes. Traces are automatically rotated as necessary, for example when Diagnostics collection is invoked from IxExplorer. In some cases, a Support Engineer may want to collect some traces manually from the chassis. Enter a star (*) in the ETW Traces box and select Rotate Now to flush to disk and rotate all the traces, and open an Explorer window so that the Support Engineer can easily locate the trace files for manual retrieval.