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  2. IT Analytics Help
  3. Section XVI. System Administration
  4. Working with Log Files
  5. Data collector log file naming conventions
  6. Log File Names Based on Data Collector Generation

Log File Names Based on Data Collector Generation

Throughout the IT Analytics life cycle, some collectors have been upgraded to include new functionality and new Data Collectors have been designed with an improved architecture. The log file naming convention depends on the generation of the Data Collector that you are using. You do not need to know the generation of the Data Collector to find relevant log files.

When running a scheduled data collection, the following log files are created, depending on the generation of the Data Collector. For technical reasons, the following naming conventions are used for data collection logs:

  • older-generation collectors follow the convention, {scheduled,validation}/vendor.product/#META_ or {scheduled,validation}/vendor.product/EVENT_,where EVENT_ or META_ is prepended to the collector policy ID; for example, META_CA6EC7685A9E6330EC3BBFC0DD4811E4.

  • newer-generation collectors share a single file named with the main collector ID, for example, {scheduled,validation}/vendor.product/#<Collector_PolicyID>

Several log file names include a specific ID. This ID can be found in a System Administration report, Data Collection Schedule Summary.

See Find the event / meta collector ID.

Examples
  • /opt/aptare/mbs/logs/scheduled/dell.compellent /#META_EA1BA380E95F73C72A72B3B0792111E5 /META_EA1BA380E95F73C72A72B3B0792111E5.log

  • /opt/aptare/mbs/logs/scheduled/emc.avamar /#HQBackupCollector/HQBackupCollector.log

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