Machine Administration Guide 2.6

3.3.7.1 Operating system message log

This section describes how to display the operating system message log.

Operation

1. From the System Log Administration menu, select [Display Operating System Message Log].
2. Specify the following items and retrieve log data in accordance with the menu:
   • Date Range

     Displays the operating system message log data in the range of the specified date.

     If Start Date is omitted, the starting day is January 1.

     If End Date is omitted, the ending day is December 31.

     If both Start Date and End Date are omitted, the log data in the range from the beginning to 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 Start Date and March 31 is specified as End 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.

   • Time Range

     Displays the operating system message log data in the specified time range.

     If Start Time is omitted, the starting time is 00:00.

     If End Time is omitted, the ending time is 23:59.

     <Example>

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

     If 0501 to 0831 is specified in Date Range and 1700 to 0900 is specified in Time Range, the information logged 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 one of the strings are to be displayed.

     The default is "Any of the strings match."

     Retrieval character string selects whether messages are retrieved and displayed line by line or in units of multiple lines 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 oldest information.

     The default is "latest information."