The Log Analyzer takes one or more service or activity logs, merges all the data, and, by default, displays the entries in unit of work (UOW) groupings. It analyzes event and error conditions in the log entries to provide message explanations.
To view this page, launch the Log Analyzer from the app_server_root/bin/waslogbr directory.
To view The Appearance page of the Log Analyzer Preferences
notebook, launch the Log Analyzer from the app_server_root\bin\waslogbr.bat directory.
Click Help > Tasks.
By default, Log Analyzer Logs pane displays log entries by UOW. It lists all the UOW instances and its associated entries from the logs that you have opened. You might find the UOW grouping useful when you are trying to find related entries in the service or activity log or when you are diagnosing problems across multiple machines. The file name of the first log you open appears in the pane title bar. There is a root folder and under it, each UOW has a folder icon which you can expand to show all the entries for that UOW. All log entries without any UOW identification are grouped into a single folder in this tree view. The UOW folders are sorted to show the UOW with the latest timestamp at the top of the list. The entries within each UOW are listed in the reverse sequence, that is the first (earliest) entry for that UOW is displayed at the top of the list. If you have merged several logs in the Log Analyzer, all the log entries are merged in timestamp sequence within each UOW folder, as if they all came from the same log.
Every log entry is assigned an entry number, Rec_nnnn, when a log is opened in the Log Analyzer. If more than one file is opened in the Log Analyzer (merged files), the Rec_nnnn identification will not be unique because the number is relative to the entry sequence in the original log file and not to the merged data that the Log Analyzer is displaying. This Rec_nnnn appears in the first line (RecordId) in the Records pane.
These colors are configurable and can be changed in the Log Analyzer Preferences Log page. See the help for the Severity page in the Log Analyzer Preferences notebook for different error severity levels and for more information on how to do this.
The Log Analyzer can display the log entries in different groupings. Use the Log Analyzer Preferences notebook: Logs page to set the grouping filters.
When you select an entry in the Logs pane, you see the entry in the Record pane. The entry identification appears in the pane title bar. Right-click in the Record pane to see actions that you can perform on the selected entry. A drop down arrow next to Record lets you look at the last ten records you have viewed. The cache for the historical data (10, by default) is set in the Preferences General page.
You can enable or disable line wrap mode for the Record Pane using the Log Analyzer Preferences notebook: Record. To print contents of this pane, select Record > Print when the Record pane is in focus.
There is a status line at the bottom of the window showing the status of actions.
Opens a new log file. You can select either a service or activity log or a previously saved XML file. If you want the Log Analyzer to format a raw log file (by running the showlog command) prior to opening it, name the log file with suffix.log. If the Log Analyzer finds that the .log file contains formatted data, it skips the showlog formatting step.
If you want to merge data from another log, select Merge with.
When another log file is already opened in the Log Analyzer, use the Merge with action to open subsequent logs. The Log Analyzer merges the data from all the logs that it opens and displays all the entries within timestamp sequence in the UOW folders. The data appears as if they came from one log.
If you want the Log Analyzer to format a raw log file (by running the showlog command) prior to opening it, name the log file with suffix.log. If the Log Analyzer finds that the .log file contains formatted data, it skips the showlog formatting step.
Saves the log as an XML file (or text file). If analyze action has been performed, all the Symptom analysis information is also saved. If logs are merged in the Log Analyzer, the saved file contains entries of all the merged logs in the sequence that is shown in the Logs pane.
Is only enabled if the first file that you opened is an XML file. It resaves the XML file with all the data that is currently displayed in the Log Analyzer. If analyze action has been performed, all the Symptom analysis information is also saved. If logs are merged in the Log Analyzer, the saved file contains entries of all the merged logs in the sequence that is shown in the Logs pane.
All the actions under this menu applies to the focused pane.
Retrieves and displays additional documentation on known events and event messages in the Analysis pane (Symptom page). Select the folders and entries in the Logs pane, right-click to select the Analyze action, or from the menu bar, select Record > Analyze.
In the focused pane, right-click to bring up a list of actions in a pop-up menu. Actions that you cannot perform are grayed out. When a folder is selected in the Logs pane, the action applies to all entries in that folder. To select several folders or entries in the Logs pane, hold down the Ctrl key when making the selection.