Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

View log files

NetWorker sends messages to two types of logs. Plain text log files that are saved with the .log extension and unrendered log files that are saved with the .raw extension.

The .log files and the messages that appear in NMC use the locale setting of the service that generates the log message. To view the contents of .log files, use any text editor. Before you can view .raw files in a text editor, render the .raw file into the locale of the local computer. You can use the nsr_render_log command manually render the raw log files or you can configure NetWorker to render the log files at runtime.

The nsr_render_log command renders internationalized NetWorker log files in to the current locale of the host that the user uses to run the program. All other log files, as well as messages displayed in NMC, use the locale of the service that is generating the log message. The nsr_render_log program is non-interactive. Use command line options to specify the log file that you want to view and the format of the output. The nsr_render_log program sends the results to stdout. You can redirect and save the output to a file.