Avocent SPC420 manual Viewing Data Log Files, Displaying lists of data log files

Chapter 13: Data Logging 193

Viewing Data Log Files

Displaying lists of data log files

Each row in the display table contains the following information about a single log file:

•Log file name

•Name of the DSView 3 server where the file was created and stored

•When the file was created

•When the file was last modified

•File size in megabytes

•Status - Archived, Current, File not Found or Pending

The Size and Last Modified fields are optional; use the Customize link to add or remove them from the display; see Using the Customize link in windows on page 28.

To display information about log files for a single unit, you must have View Data Logging access rights. To display information about all data log files in the DSView 3 software system, you must be a member of the DSView 3 software administrators or auditor user group.

To display a list of data log files for a single unit:

1.In a Units View window containing the appliance/target device (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click on the unit name.

2.In the side navigation bar, click Data Logging, then click Session Files. The Data Logging Session Files window for that unit will open.

3.To view a file’s content, click on the file name. See Displaying data log file content.

To display a list of all data log files in the DSView 3 software system:

NOTE: This is the only procedure that will include log files for units that have been renamed or deleted from the DSView 3 software system.

1.Click the Reports tab.

2.Click Data Log Session Files in the top navigation bar. The Data Log Session Files window will open.

You may dynamically archive or delete data log files from this window; see Dynamically archiving and deleting data log files on page 192.

3.To view a file’s content, click on the file name. See Displaying data log file content below.

Displaying data log file content

When you click on a file name in a Data Log Session Files window, the file is transferred to the browser. It will be opened as a text file, using the default text viewer on the DSView 3 software client’s computer.