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View CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager 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.

To view CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager logs

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

   The View Logs screen appears.

2. From the drop-down lists, specify log information that you want to view.
   • Severity--Lets you specify the severity of the log that you want to view. You can specify the following severity options:
     • All--Lets you view all logs, regardless of the severity.
     • Information--Lets you view only logs that describe general information.
     • Errors--Lets you view only logs that describe severe errors that occurred.
     • Warnings--Lets you view only logs that describe warming errors that occurred.
     • Errors and Warnings--Lets you view only severe errors and warning errors that occurred.
   • Module--Lets you specify the module for which you want to view logs. You can specify the following module options:
     • All--Lets you view logs about all application components.
     • Common--Lets you view logs about common processes.
     • Import Nodes from Discover--Lets you view logs on nodes that were imported only from Discover.
     • Import Nodes from Hypervisor--Lets you view logs on nodes that were imported only from Hypervisor.
     • Import Nodes From File--Lets you view logs only about the process of importing nodes into the application from a file.
     • Policy Management--Lets you view logs only about managing policies.
     • CA ARCserve Backup Synchronization--Lets you view logs only about CA ARCserve Backup data synchronization.
     • CA ARCserve D2D Synchronization--Lets you view logs only about CA ARCserve D2D data synchronization.
     • Updates for CA ARCserve D2D--Lets you view logs only about changes made in CA ARCserve D2D.
     • Updates--Lets you view logs only about updating the application.
     • Submit CA ARCserve D2D Backup Jobs--Lets you view logs only about submitted CA ARCserve D2D backup jobs.
     • Preflight Check--Lets you view logs only about Preflight Check operations.
     • Submit VM Backup Jobs--Lets you view logs only about submitted virtual machine backup jobs.
   • Node Name--Lets you view logs only for a specific node.

     Note: This field supports the wildcard '*' and '?'. For example, enter 'lod*' to return all activity logs for the machine 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).

   Click Refresh.

   The logs display based on the view options specified.

   Note: The displayed Time in the log is based on the time zone where the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager server resides.