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View CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup logs

The View Log contains comprehensive information about all the operations performed by your application. The log provides an audit trail of every job that is run (with the most recent activities listed first) and can be helpful in troubleshooting any problems that may occur.

Follow these steps:

1. From the home page, click View Logs in the navigation bar.

   The View Logs screen appears.

2. From the drop-down lists, specify the log information that you want to view.
   • Severity--This option lets you specify the severity of the log that you want to view. You can specify the following severity options:
     • All--This option lets you view all logs, regardless of the severity.
     • Information--This option lets you view only logs that describe general information.
     • Errors--This option lets you view only logs that describe severe errors that occurred.
     • Warnings--This option lets you view only logs that describe warming errors that occurred.
     • Errors and Warnings--This option lets you view only severe errors and warning errors that occurred.
   • Module--This option lets you specify the module for which you want to view logs. You can specify the following module options:
     • All--This option lets you view logs about all application components.
     • Common--This option lets you view logs about common processes.
     • Import Nodes from Discovery--This option lets you view logs about nodes that were imported only from Auto Discovery.
     • Import Nodes from Hypervisor--This option lets you view logs about nodes that were imported only from Hypervisor.
     • Policy Management--This option lets you view only logs about managing policies.
     • Updates--This option lets you view only logs about updating the application.
     • Preflight Check--This option lets you view only logs that ran the Preflight Check status for each node.
     • Submit VM Backup Jobs--This option lets you view only logs where nodes were submitted for virtual machine backup jobs.
     • Update Multiple Nodes--This option lets you view only logs about updating multiple nodes simultaneously.
     • CA ARCserve D2D Merge Job--This option lets you view only logs of CA ARCserve D2D merge jobs.
   • Node Name--This option lets you view only logs for a specific node.

     Note: This field supports the wildcard '*' and '?'. For example, enter 'lod*' to return all activity logs for the computer name that begins with 'lod'.

   Note: The Severity, Module, and Node Name options can be applied collectively. For example, you can view Errors (severity) that relate to Updates (Module) for Node X (Node Name).

   The logs display based on the view options specified.

   Note: The displayed Time in the log is based on the time zone of your application database server.