Machine Administration Guide 2.6

3.1.7.1 Message logs

This section describes how to display message logs.

Operation

1. From the Log Data menu, select [Message Log].
2. Specify the following items and retrieve log data in accordance with the menu:
   • Specification of range

     Displays the message log data in the range of the specified dates.

     If Starting date is omitted, the starting day is January 1.

     If Completion date is omitted, the ending day is December 31.

     If both Starting date and Completion date are omitted, the log in the range from the beginning to the end of the log file is displayed. If the log contains information spanning multiple years, the information for all of the years in the specified range is displayed.

     <Example>

     If October 1 is specified as Starting date and March 31 is specified as Completion date, the information logged from October 1 of a year to March 31 of the next year is displayed in the range from the beginning to the end of the log file.

   • Specification of Time (only)

     Displays the message logs in the specified time range.

     If Starting time is omitted, the starting time is 00:00.

     If Completion time is omitted, the ending time is 23:59.

     <Example>

     If 20:00 is specified as Starting time and 08:00 is specified as Completion time, the information logged from 20:00 to 08:00 is displayed in the range from the beginning to the end of the log file.

     If 0501 to 0831 is specified in Specification of Range and 1700 to 0900 is specified in Specification of Time (Only), the log data from 17:00 of a day to 09:00 of the next day is displayed in the range from May 1 to August 31.

   • Retrieval character string

     Retrieves and displays messages containing the specified character strings.

     Multiple retrieval character strings can be specified.

     If multiple character strings are specified, selects whether only messages containing matches of all the character strings or those containing a match of any of the strings are to be displayed.

     The default is "Any of the strings match."

     Retrieval character string selects whether messages are to be retrieved and displayed line by line or in units of multiple lines for messages logged at the same time. The default is "in units of multiple lines."

   • Display order

     Selects whether information is displayed starting from the latest or the oldest information.

     The default is "latest information."