This feature
enables you to view the Lifecycle Controller logs in a readable format
and save or export the logs to a .CSV file. The Lifecycle Controller
logs contains details such as history of firmware upgrades, changed
events for updates and configuration, and user comments.
To view the Lifecycle Controller logs:
Steps
On the System Viewer utility, select View Lifecycle Controller Logs. The View Lifecycle Controller Logs screen
displays the following fields:
Existing Share— Specify the
UNC or CIFS share where you want to save the file in the following
format: \\<IPAddress>\<share>\filename. The filename is provided
by default and you cannot change the filename. This information is
cached for subsequent viewing. It is recommended that you specify
an empty share each time you want to view the Lifecycle Controller
log files. If you use an existing location then make sure that the
location is empty.
Domain\User Name — Specify
the correct domain and user name required by Lifecycle Controller
to access the UNC or CIFS share.
Password — Specify the correct
password.
Click Next.
The View Lifecycle Controller
Logs screen is displayed.
The screen displays the latest
100 logs by default. You can modify the number of logs to be displayed
only when you click Pause or after all the
100 logs are displayed on the screen. The following details are displayed:
Table 1. Lifecycle Controller
log details
Column
Description
Hostname
This is the hostname of the system
for which you are viewing the Lifecycle Controller logs. This is displayed
only in the case of a collection of systems and not a single system.
No.
This is the sequence number of
the log.
Category
The category of the Lifecycle Controller
Log. For example, Configuration Service, iDRAC, Inventory, and so
on.
ID
This is the ID associated with
an error message. Click the hyperlink to get more information on the
error and the recommended action. You can periodically download the
latest message registry from the Dell support website available at Dell.com/support/manuals. For more information, see Downloading
and Updating the Latest Message Registry.
If the ID is missing in the local message registry, an error is displayed
and you must download the latest message registry file from Dell.com/support/manuals.
Description
The message/description of the
Lifecycle Controller Log.
Timestamp
The date/time stamp when the
Lifecycle Controller log was created.
You can configure the default number of log files you want
to view. This is a global setting that defines the maximum number
of logs to be displayed on the grid. To configure the default number
of log files:
Open the DLCSystemview.exe.config or the DLCConfigUtility.exe.config from the
folder where you have installed DLCI for Configuration Manager.
Search for the MAX_LC_LOGS_TO_DISPLAY parameter and specify a number.
When you choose All in the Lifecycle Controller
Logs Viewer, the number of logs you have specified are displayed.
Click View after specifying
the number of records you want to view.
NOTE This step is applicable only when you manually enter the number of
records without selecting from the drop-down list. If you select the
number from the drop-down list, the records are displayed automatically.
You cannot specify any value lesser than the number of records that
can be viewed at a time. If you want to view reduced number of records,
then you must sort and filter the records per system or close the
System Viewer utility (Config Utility in the
case of a collection) and reopen the same.
When loading the
logs, if there are more records to be loaded, the following message
is displayed:
More records to be displayed.
When all the records are loaded, the following message is displayed:
There are no more records to be displayed.
To filter the logs based on the text you entered,
provide details in the Search.
If you do not provide the search string, then all
the logged information is displayed. Logs are filtered based on information
present only under description.
In the search field, filter information for the number
of logs you have selected in the preceding step is displayed.
(Optional) To fetch fresh Lifecycle Controller
logs from the system, click Refresh.
(Optional) When you are loading a large number
of logs, you can click Pause to temporarily
stop the loading of log files. During this phase, you can change the
number of records you want to view by selecting the number from the
drop-down list.
Click Resume to resume
the loading of logs.
Click Export to CSV to save the file in CSV format at a specific location. This option
exports only the log files that are displayed on the grid. If you
have filtered the data on the grid, this option exports only the filtered
data.
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