Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Using PowerFlex Manager

Access the application logs

PowerFlex Manager provides activity logs of user- and system-generated actions to use for troubleshooting. By default, log entries display in order of occurrence. You can access the logs through PowerFlex Manager or through the command line.

1. To access logs in PowerFlex Manager, complete the following steps:
   1. On the menu bar, click Settings > Logs.
   2. Under View Categories, select the category of logs you want to access.
   3. Click Export All.
      The logs export to a CSV file.
   4. View the Severity, Category, Description, Date and Time, and User.
2. To access PowerFlex Manager logs through the command line, complete the following steps:
   1. Access the PowerFlex Manager virtual appliance.
   2. Log in to PowerFlex Manager as delladmin.
   3. Go to the logs you want, and copy them to a local directory in WinSCP.

      Logs	Log location
      Resource discovery ​ Templates ​ Services ​	/opt/Dell/ASM/logs/asmManager.log
      Service deployments ​ Failures found in exception.out files in the deployment directory for the service ID	/opt/Dell/ASM/deployments/"serviceID"/deployment log
      Upgrade ​ grep YUM alcm.log to search for upgrade errors ​ Back up and restore Virtual appliance lifecycle management log (DHCP and or NTP) ​	/opt/Dell/ASM/logs/alcm.log
      Exceptions not handled by other services ​ 500 errors	/opt/Dell/ASM/logs/catalina.out
      Deployments ​ Firmware upgrades ​	/opt/Dell/ASM/deployments
      Health monitoring	/var/log/nagios
      Alert connector	/opt/Dell/ASM/logs/alert_connector_rest_controller.log /opt/Dell/ASM/logs/ alert_connector_adapter.log