Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Logging event notifications

NetWorker keeps two general notification log files. By default, these files are located in <NetWorker_install_dir>\logs:

The messages log file (Windows only) — The data in the messages log file is generated by nsrlog, a program that is part of the NetWorker event notification mechanism. The nsrlog program is triggered by a notification, and it prints the message to the messages log file.
The daemon.raw log file — The nsrd, nsrexecd, and their subordinate processes redirect their output to the daemon.raw log file.

To better access and use these event logs in Windows systems, an Event Logging mechanism enables applications to the application event log, and access them from any computer that has the Windows Event Viewer. The Event Viewer enables you to look selectively at the messages that interest you by filtering messages based on the categories that are listed in this table.

Table 1. Event Viewer messages
Event Viewer category	Displayed information
Source	Events from NetWorker software always designate NetWorker as the source.
Category	Mapped from NetWorker notification event type (server, registration, and so on).
Severity	Mapped from NetWorker notification priority: Critical and Emergency are mapped to Error. Priorities between Alert and Warning are mapped to Warning. Notification and Information are mapped to Information.
Event ID	Events from NetWorker software always designate the numeral 1 for the ID.