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NetWorker Server log files

This section provides a summary of the log files available on a NetWorker Server and log file management.

Table 1. NetWorker Server log files
Component	File name and default location	Description
NetWorker Server daemons	UNIX: /nsr/logs/daemon.raw Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\daemon.raw	Main NetWorker log file. Use the nsr_render_log program to view the contents of the log file.
Client fix	UNIX: /nsr/logs/client_fix /nsr/logs/client_fix.raw Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\client_fix C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\client_fix.raw	Contains status information that is related to the use of the nsr_client_fix command.
NetWorker Server generated syslog messages and daemon.notice	UNIX: OS log file that is defined by system log configuration file. Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\messages	Contains general NetWorker error messages.
NetWorker Servergenerated syslog messages local0.notice and local0.alert	Log file name and location that is defined by the system log configuration file.	UNIX only, OS log file. NOTE:NetWorker does not modify the syslog.conf file to configure local0.notice and local0.alert. Vendor specific documentation describes how to configure local0.notice and local0.alert
Disaster recovery command line wizard, nsrdr program	UNIX: /nsr/logs/nsrdr.log Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\nsrdr.log	Contains detailed information about the internal operations that are performed by the nsrdr program. NetWorker overwrites this file each time you run the nsrdr program.
Index log	UNIX: /nsr/logs/index.log Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\index.log	Contains warnings about the size of the client file index and low disk space on the file system that contains the index files. By default, the Index size notification on the NetWorker Server sends information to the log file.
Hypervisor	UNIX: /nsr/logs/Hypervisor/hyperv-flr-ui/hyperv-flr-ui.log Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\hyperv-flr-ui\hyperv-flr-ui.log	Contains status information about the Hyper-V FLR interface.
VMware protection policies	UNIX: /nsr/logs/Policy/`VMware_protection_policy_name` Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\Policy\`VMware_protection_policy_name`	Contains status information about VMware Protection Policy actions. NetWorker creates a separate log file for each action.
Policies	UNIX: /nsr/logs/policy.log Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\policy.log	Contains completion information about VMware Protection Policies. By default, the VMware Protection Policy Failure notification on the NetWorker Server sends information to the log file.
Snapshot management	UNIX: /nsr/logs/nwsnap.raw Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\nwsnap.raw /nsr/logs/nwsnap.raw	Contains messages that are related to snapshot management operations. For example, snapshot creation, mounting, deletion, and rollover operations. Use the nsr_render_log program to view the contents of the log file.
Migration	UNIX: /nsr/logs/migration Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\migration	Contains log files that provide detailed information about the migration of attributes in an 8.2.x and earlier resources during an update of the NetWorker Server. The NetWorker Installation Guide provides more information about all the migration log files.
Media management	UNIX: /nsr/logs/media.log Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\media.log	Contains device related messages. By default, the device notifications on the NetWorker Server send device related messages to the media.log file on the NetWorker Server and each Storage Node.
Recovery Wizard	UNIX: /nsr/logs/recover/`recover_config_name_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS` Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\recover\`recover_config_name`_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS	Contains information that can assist you in troubleshooting recovery failures. NetWorker creates a log file on the NetWorker Server for each recover job.
Package Manager log	UNIX: /nsr/logs/nsrcpd.raw Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\logs\nsrcpd.raw	Contains information that is related to the Package Manager and the nsrpush command. Use the nsr_render_log program to view the contents of the log file.
Rap log	UNIX: /nsr/logs/rap.log Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\logs\rap.log	Records configuration changes that are made to the NetWorker Server resource database.
Security Audit log	UNIX: /nsr/logs/`NetWorker_server`_sec_audit.raw Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\logs\`Networker_server`_sec_audit.raw	Contains security audit related messages.