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Logging

TANDBERG VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SERVER ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

Log Levels

About Event Log Levels

All events have an associated level in the range 1-4, with level 1 events considered the most important. The table below gives an overview of the levels assigned to different events.

See Events and Levels for a list of all events that are logged by the VCS, and the level at which they are logged.

Level

Assigned Events

Level 1

High-level events such as registration requests

 

and call attempts. Easily human readable. For

 

example:

 

call attempt/connected/disconnected

 

registration attempt/accepted/rejected.

Level 2

All Level 1 Events, plus:

 

Logs of protocol messages sent and received

 

(H.323, LDAP, etc.) excluding noisy messages

 

such as H.460.18 keepalives and H.245

 

video fast-updates.

Level 3

All Level 1 and Level 2 Events, plus:

 

Protocol keepalives

Level 4

All Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Events, plus:

 

SIP messages

We do not usually recommend logging at Level 3 or

! Level 4, as the Event Log holds a maximum of 40 MB of data and logging at these levels on a busy system could

cause the Event Log to be recycled too quickly.

Setting the Event Log Level

You can control which events are logged by the VCS by setting the log level. All events with a level numerically equal to and lower than the specified logging level are recorded in the event log. So, at Level 1, only Level 1 events are logged; at Level 2, both Level 1 and Level 2 events are logged, etc.

To set the log level:

System Configuration > Logging.

You will be taken to the Logging page.

xConfiguration Log Level

Log level

Select the level of logging you require.

The default is 1.

Changes to the event

log level affect both the event log that you

can view via the web interface, and the information that is copied to the remote log server (if any) that you have configured.

Changes to the event

log level are not retrospective. If you

change the event log level, it will only effect what is logged from that point onwards.

Save

Click here to save your changes.

View the Event Log

Clicking on this link will take you to the Event Log page, where you can view and search the Event Log.

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