Logging NFS Server Events on Windows NT

With NFS Server logging enabled, any interaction between the NFS clients and server is written in the Network Event's log file, which by default is named C:\LOGGING.TXT.

Enabling the logging of NFS Server events helps you isolate the problem when:

• A client fails to mount a PC folder or device from a server, and gets no response from that server.

• A client can mount a folder or device from a server, but cannot do anything with that folder or device while getting no error message.

• The error message does not clearly indicate whether the problem exists on the server, on the client, or on both.

You can view NFS Server events in two places:

• In the Solstice Network Event Log window and its associated C:\LOGGING.TXT log file.

• In the Windows NT Event Viewer window.

To Enable NFS Server Event Logging Using Solstice Network Event Log

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.

2. Click the Services tab.

3. Select Solstice File Sharing and click Properties.

4. Click the Logging tab.

5. Select the options Enable Network Event Log and Save Log Messages To File.

   The default file name is C:\LOGGING.TXT.

6. Click OK and then click Close.

7. Restart Windows NT when prompted.

8. Start the Network Event Log utility by double-clicking its icon in the Solstice Utilities program group.

   The Network Event Log window opens. You can configure event logging by clicking Display and then clicking Configure (see the following directions).

9. Minimize the Network Event Log.

   NFS Server events are recorded and displayed in the Network Event Log window but are not written out to the log file. Only after you exit Network Event Log will C:\LOGGING.TXT be updated with the current status of NFS Server events.

To Configure Network Event Log for NFS Server Events

1. If necessary, start Network Event Log from the Solstice Utilities program group.

2. From the Display menu, click Configure.

3. Complete the Network Event dialog box as follows.

   • (Optional) Adjust the time frame when events should be logged. The default is every 20 minutes.

   • To log the messages locally, click the option Log Messages To File and type the name of the log file (the default is C:\LOGGING.TXT).

   • To log the message on a remote host, click the option Log Messages To Host and type the name of a remote server that runs the syslogd program.

   • Select the severity level of the messages to be logged. Click the Help button to display the Network Event online Help, click the Index tab and type severity to display online information about available severity levels.

4. Click Save.

5. If you will start monitoring NFS Server events now, minimize (do not exit) Network Event Log.

   Messages will appear in the Network Event Log window as they occur. Only after you exit Network Event Log are these messages written into the C:\LOGGING.TXT log file.

To View NFS Server Events Using Event Viewer

1. From the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Event Viewer.

2. Choose the Log menu and click Applications.

3. Isolate the events pertaining to NFS Server by choosing the View menu and clicking Filter Events.

4. Scroll through the Source list to view event generators, select Solstice NFS Server, and then click OK.

   NFS Server messages are displayed.

   Double-click an NFS Server message to display more details.