Logging

The following types of logging are provided:

• Audit log

  The audit log documents all changes that a user has made to the PCo configuration, for example:

  • Date/time of change

  • User that made the change

  • Changed object

  • The operation that was carried out, such as Add or Update

  • Previous value and new value

  To be able to display the audit log, choose View  Audit Log from the PCo Console menu.

  To define the displayed columns for the audit log, choose Tools  Options from the PCo Console menu.

• Agent instance log

  This log logs the activities or errors of the agent instance. This depends on the setting in the Log Level field on the Host tab for the agent instance (see Agent Instance: Host Tab).

  Logging is performed using Windows Event Logs where the log entries are optimized for display in the Management Console. The log is updated in the English language, irrespective of the language settings in the Management Console.

  A separate event log, whose name is generated automatically when the agent is created (SAP_<sequence number>) is created for each agent instance.

  You can display the logs on the Log tab for the agent instance. (See Agent Instance: Log Tab.)

  You can choose the Manage Log function key to call the Windows Event Viewer of the event log that is assigned to the agent. You can specify the maximum size of the log there and control whether, when this maximum size is reached, old log entries are overwritten or if you want an archive to be created automatically. If required, you can also delete old log entries here.

• Windows Event Log Usage

  The Windows Event Log Usage is also used for logging agent instances. All warning and error messages for an agent instance are also sent to this Windows log. Moreover, messages created by the operating system also appear there in relation to agent instances, such as messages for starting and stopping the agent service or serious exceptions. You can use the Windows Event Viewer to display these log entries.