Milestone Central 3.7 - Manual (Page 68)

Milestone XProtect 3.7; Administrator’s Manual
Client: Logging
Editing Log Settings
To specify or edit logging settings for your XProtect Central solution, expand the Settings entry in
the Client’s Navigation section, right-click Log Settings, and select Edit Log Settings... This will
open the Log Settings dialog, which contains the following fields:
• Keep log for [xx] day(s): Lets you specify the number of days for which to keep the
XProtect Central log. Default is 30 days. A value of 0 will indicate keep log indefinitely
(server space permitting).
• Log server communication: Select check box if you want to save a separate log of server
communication in addition to the regular log, for the number of days specified.
Log Locations
Log and trace files are located in a Logs folder on the XProtect Central Server, typically in
C:\Program Files\Milestone\Milestone XProtect Central Server\logs.
• Log files named along the structure Cyyyy-mm-dd.log (example: C2007-06-15.log) are
daily generated general logs.
• Log files named along the structure Eventyyyy-mm-dd.log e.g. Event2007-06-15.log) are
daily generated logs of events occurred on XProtect Corporate, XProtect Enterprise or
XProtect Professional servers.
For this type of logs to be generated, Event logging must be enabled individually for
required servers in XProtect Central Client; see Defining a New Server on page 34.
• Log files named according to the structure traceyyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss.log are logs of
traced server communication, where hh-mm-ss indicates the time of the first entry in the
log. Example: trace2007-06-15-13-05-00.log for a trace log file with a first entry generated
at five minutes past one in the afternoon on 15th June 2007.
For this type of logs to be generated, Trace server communication must be enabled in the
XProtect Central Client; see Editing Log Settings above.
Log Date & Time Format
Information in logs on the XProtect Central Server is presented with timestamps in local time with
an indication of the GMT offset. Example: A timestamp of 15-06-2007 13:16:00 GMT+02:00 for a
log entry from sixteen minutes past one in the afternoon on 15th June 2007 in a time zone which is
two hours ahead of GMT.
Tip: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the former official world reference for time. It is still widely
used, but has officially been replaced by UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). UTC, which is based
upon atomic clocks, is considered more accurate than GMT, which is based on the Earth’s rotation
and references to the positions of celestial bodies. In day-to-day use the difference is negligible,
and GMT and UTC are often used interchangeably.
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