HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

6.1.13 Viewing MDMS Audit and Event Logging
6.1.14 Errors
User Interfaces
6.1 Graphical User Interface
To examine past operations in MDMS, you can use the event view to view the MDMS audit and
event logfile. There are five pre-configured options and a fully flexible custom option to allow
you to select what you wish to see from the MDMS logfile. The five pre-configured options all
apply to the MDMS Database Server logfile and show all operations (auditing and events) for
the following amounts of time before the current time:
• The last minute
• The last 10 minutes
• The last hour
• The last 24 hours
• The last 72 hours
If you wish to see the logfile using other selection criteria, you can use the “Custom” setting. By
clicking on “Custom”, a selection screen appears that allows you to select the entries to be displayed
as follows:
• Node selection: You can choose the default of the DB server (which contains the most complete
information), or select a specific client node. Note that request IDs are not supported
on client nodes, and nor is selection by low and high request IDs.
• Selection Options: You can select a range of entries in the logfile to display by one of:
– Elapsed time in minutes (default of 60 minutes) -OR-
– Before and/or since dates (specified as an absolute time) -OR-
– Low and high request IDs (for DB server only)
• Severity Options: For audit completion entries, you can select that only entries of a certain
combinations of completion status are displayed. You can select one or more of:
– Success (S)
– Informational (I)
– Warning (W)
– Error (E)
– Fatal (F)
After entering the selection criteria, you click on the Show button to display. Depending on the
size of the log file, this operation may take several seconds to complete. You may want to regularly
reset your log files to avoid long response times. The code has been written to scan previous
versions of log files if the date and or request selections are not in the latest log file.
The Refresh button at the bottom of the screen refreshes whatever selection is currently on the
screen. The Cancel button allows you to enter a new selection.
MDMSView can report two types of errors:
• Those generated by MDMSView itself: these typically appear in a dialog box and in the status
bar at the bottom of the screen. These errors normally explain an illegal user operation.
• Those generated by the MDMS server on the log-in node. These errors appear in a dialog
box with the standard MDMS DCL syntax. These errors are documented in the MDMS Reference
Guide.
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