Server Administrator Version 8.5 Messages Reference Guide

Logging messages to a Unicode text file is optional. By default, the feature is disabled in the Server Administrator. To enable this feature, modify the Event Manager section of the dcemdy <xx>.ini configuration file where xx is 32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system, as follows:

• On systems running Microsoft Windows operating systems, you can locate the configuration file in the <install_path> \dataeng\ini directory and set the property UnitextLog.enabled=true. The default install_path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt. Restart the DSM SA Event Manager service to enable the setting. The Server Administrator Unicode text event log file is named dcsys32.log and is located in the <install_path>\omsa\log directory.
• On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX operating systems, you can locate the configuration file in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/ srvadmin-deng/ini directory and set the property UnitextLog.enabled=true. Run the /etc/init.d/dataeng restart command to restart the Server Administrator Event Manager service and enable the setting. This also restarts the Server Administrator Data Manager and SNMP services. The Server Administrator Unicode text event log file is named dcsys <xx>.log where xx is 32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system and is located in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/var/log/ openmanage directory.
• On systems running the in ESXi operating system the dcemdy32.ini file is located under /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-deng/ini/ and the dcsys <xx>.log where xx is 32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system and is located under /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/log/openmanage/

The following sub-sections explain how to launch the Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESX, and VMware ESXi event viewers.