wbemlogviewer(1M) (man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands)

man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands

wbemlogviewer(1M)

NAME

wbemlogviewer- start WBEM Log Viewer

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sadm/bin/wbemlogviewer

DESCRIPTION

The wbemlogviewer utility starts the WBEM Log Viewer graphical user interface, which enables administrators to view and maintain log records created by WBEM clients and providers. The WBEM Log Viewer displays a Login dialog box. You must log in as root or a user with write access to the root\cimv2 namespace to view and maintain log files. Namespaces are described in wbemadmin(1M).

Log events can have three severity levels.

Errors
Warnings
Informational

The WBEM log file is created in the /var/sadm/wbem/log directory, with the name wbem_log. The first time the log file is backed up, it is renamed wbem_log.1, and a new wbem_log file is created. Each succeeding time the wbem_log file is backed up, the file extension number of each backup log file is increased by 1, and the oldest backup log file is removed. Older backup files have higher file extension numbers than more recent backup files.

The log file is renamed with a .1 file extension and saved when one of the following two conditions occur:

The current file reaches the file size limit specified in the WBEM Services properties file, /var/sadm/wbem/WbemServices.properties.
A WBEM client application uses the clearLog() method in the Solaris_LogService class to clear the current log file.

The WBEM Services properties file /var/sadm/wbem/WbemServices.properties is modified when you change the properties of log files.

Help is displayed in the left panel of each dialog box. Context help is not displayed in the main Log Viewer window.

USAGE

The WBEM Log Viewer is not the tool for a distributed environment. It is used for local administration.

The WBEM Log Viewer allows you to perform the following tasks:

View the logs
Set properties of log files: Click Action->Log File Settings to specify log file parameters and the log file directory.
Back up a log file: Click Action->Back Up Now to back up and close the current log file and start a new log file.
Delete an old log file: Click Action->Open Log File to open a backed-up log file. To delete a backed-up log file, open it and then click Action->Delete Log File. You can only delete backed-up log files.
View log record details: Double-click a log entry to display its details.
Sort the logs: Click View->Sort By to sort displayed entries. You can also click any column heading to sort the list. By default, the log entries are displayed in reverse chronological order (new logs first).

EXIT STATUS

The wbemlogviewer utility terminates with exit status 0.

FILES

/var/sadm/wbem/log/wbem_log: WBEM log file
/var/sadm/wbem/WbemServices.properties: WBEM Services properties file

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWwbcor