Log files

Log files record significant events related to the operation of Netcool/SSM. You can consult these files in the event of an error to help identify the cause.

By default, these files are located in the Netcool/SSM log directory.Table 1 lists the installed log files.

Table 1. Log Files 

Filename

Description

ssmagent.log

The file in which Netcool/SSM logs details about its operations. You can change the name of this file by setting the configuration variable LogFile. The amount of detail contained in the file is controlled by the configuration variable LogLevel. For more details about these two variables see Table 1.

The size of this file is limited to 1 MB. When the file's size reaches this limit, Netcool/SSM creates a new log file and renames the old file to file_name.log.old, where file_name represents the original name of the log file.

Trap log files

The file in which Netcool/SSM logs details of the traps it generates. See Trap log files for more details.