Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Rendering raw log files at runtime

You can instruct the NetWorker software to render the daemon.raw and gstd.raw files into the locale of the host at runtime, in addition to creating locale-independent log files. This allows you to view the log file in a text editor without using the nsr_render_log program to render the file first.

1. To access the NSRLA database, from a command prompt, use the nsradmin program:

   nsradmin -p nsrexec

2. Set the resource type to NSR log:

   . type: NSR log

3. Display a list of all log file resources:

   print

   For example, on a Windows NMC server, output similar to the following appears:

   nsradmin> print
                           type: NSR log;
                  administrator: Administrators,
   "group=Administrators,host=bu-iddnwserver.iddlab.local";
                          owner: NMC Log File;
                maximum size MB: 500;
               maximum versions: 10;
           runtime rendered log: ;
       runtime rollover by size: Disabled;
       runtime rollover by time: ;
                           name: gstd.raw;
                       log path: \
   "C:\\Program Files\\EMC NetWorker\\Management\\GST\\logs\\gstd.raw";
   
                           type: NSR log;
                  administrator: Administrators,
   "group=Administrators,host=bu-iddnwserver.iddlab.local";
                          owner: NetWorker;
                maximum size MB: 500;
               maximum versions: 10;
           runtime rendered log: ;
       runtime rollover by size: Disabled;
       runtime rollover by time: ;
                           name: daemon.raw;
                       log path: \
   "C:\\Program Files\\EMC NetWorker\\nsr\\logs\\daemon.raw";

4. Define the log resource that you want to edit:

   . type: NSR log; name: log_file_name

   For example, to select the daemon.raw file, type the following:

   . type: NSR log; name: daemon.raw

5. To define the path and file name for the rendered log file, use the Runtime rendered log attribute.
   For example, to save rendered messages to the file rendered.log in the default NetWorker logs directory on a Windows host, type:

   update runtime rendered log: "C:\\Program Files\\EMC NetWorker\\nsr\\logs\\rendered.log"

6. When prompted to confirm the update, type: y
7. Verify that the attribute value update succeeds:

   nsradmin> print
   
   type: NSR log;
   administrator: root, "user=administrator,host=bu-iddnwserver.iddlab.local";
   owner: NetWorker;
   maximum size MB: 500;
   maximum versions: 10;
   runtime rendered log:C:\\Program Files\\EMC NetWorker\\nsr\\logs\\daemon.log ;
   runtime rollover by size: Disabled;
   runtime rollover by time:;
   name: daemon.raw;
   log path: C:\\Program Files\\EMC NetWorker\\Management\\GST\\logs\\daemon.raw;

8. Exit the nsradmin program.