About Logging

The logging service records all actions completed by Solaris WBEM Services or Sun WBEM SDK components. Informational and error content can be recorded to a log. For example, if a user disables a serial port, this information can be logged automatically by a serial port provider. Or, if a system error or other failure occurs, the WBEM administrator can check the log record to trace the cause of the occurrence.

All Sun WBEM SDK and Solaris WBEM Services components, applications, and providers start logging automatically, in response to events. For example, the CIM Object Manager automatically logs events after is installed and started.

You can set up logging for applications and providers that you develop for the WBEM environment. For information, see "Using the APIs to Enable Logging". You can also view log data in CIM WorkShop for administration purposes or to debug the logging functionality that you develop for applications.