Server Administrator Version 8.5 Messages Reference Guide

An event log is used to record information about important events.

You can also view the event log using your operating system’s event viewer. Each operating system’s event viewer accesses the applicable operating system event log.

The location of the event log file depends on the operating system you are using.

• On systems running the Microsoft Windows operating systems, event messages are logged in the operating system event log and the Server Administrator event log.
  • NOTE: The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys32.xml and is located in the <install_path>\omsa\log directory. The default install_path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt.
• On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and VMware ESXi operating systems, the event messages are logged in the operating system log file and the Server Administrator event log.
  • NOTE: The default name of the operating system log file is /var/log/messages, and you can view the operating system log file using a text editor such as vi or emacs. The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys<xx>.xml,where xx is either 32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system. In the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX operating systems, the Server Administrator event log file is located in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/var/log/openmanage directory. In the VMware ESXi operating system, the Server Administrator event log file is located in the /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/log/openmanage directory.