Apple 3X108 manual Viewing Logs, To view logs, Log type Description, Color Status

Viewing Logs

You can view the following types of logs in Server Diagnostics Mac OS X:

Log type	Description
Test	All messages from tests run in the current Server
	Diagnostics Mac OS X session.
Hardware Info	Listing and description of all installed hardware.

When you view logs in Server Diagnostics Mac OS X, a colored circle next to the log name indicates whether the log is able to be loaded.

Color	Status
No circle	You haven’t loaded the log during this Server
	Diagnostics session, or the log hasn’t been
	created yet.
Yellow	The log didn’t load. This usually occurs when
	there isn’t any data in the log.
Green	The log loaded.

To view logs:

1Open Server Diagnostics Mac OS X.

2If tests are running, wait for them to complete or stop them. If tests are running, you can view only the test log.

3Do any the following:

To do this	Do this
View logs in the current or chosen volume	Choose a log from the “View log” pop-up menu.
Search for specific text within the log	Enter text in the search field. When you press
	Return, matching text is highlighted in the log
	area.
Clear logs	Choose Logs > Clear current Log, or choose Logs
	> Clear All Logs.
	The name of the currently viewed log replaces
	current.
Refresh logs	Choose Logs > Refresh Current Log.

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