Troubleshooting

Data Protector Log Files

Log Files and Their Contents

The table below describes the information found in Data Protector log files:

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Data Protector Log Files

 

 

 

 

 

Log File

Description

 

 

 

 

debug.log

Unexpected conditions are logged to

 

 

this file. While some can be

 

 

meaningful to you, it will be used

 

 

mainly by the support organization.

 

 

 

 

Ob2EventLog.txt

Data Protector events that occurred

 

 

during Data Protector operation and

 

 

all Data Protector notifications are

 

 

logged into this file. The Event Log

 

 

represents a centralized Data

 

 

Protector event depository.

 

 

 

 

inet.log

Requests made to the Data

 

 

Protector Inet service are logged

 

 

to this file. It can be useful to check

 

 

the recent activity of Data Protector

 

 

on clients.

 

 

 

 

IS_install.log

This file contains a trace of the

 

 

remote installation and is located on

 

 

the Installation Server.

 

 

 

 

media.log

Each time a medium is used for

 

 

backup, initialized, or imported, a

 

 

new entry is made to this log. The

 

 

media.log can be used in IDB

 

 

recovery to find the tape with the

 

 

database backup and to find out

 

 

which media were used after the last

 

 

backup of the database.

 

 

 

 

omnisv.log

Contains information on when Data

 

 

Protector services were stopped and

 

 

started.

 

 

 

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