Critical Spectrum log information and where to to find them

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

Is there a list of most common Spectrum errors and where to find them.

Where can I find the list of the most common Spectrum errors and where can I find them?

Environment

Spectrum any version and platform

Resolution

There is not a documented list of Spectrum error messages that could be monitored but looking into the Spectrum log files it is possible to identify the meaningful messages to monitor.

Some of the logs of the product are:

OneClick:

- $SPECROOT/tomcat/logs/catalina.out (Linux)
- $SPECROOT/tomcat/logs/stdout.log (Windows)
- $SPECROOT/webtomcat/logs/catalina.yyyy-mm-dd.log
- $SPECROOT/webtomcat/bin/logs/admin.log
- $SPECROOT/webtomcat/bin/logs/webswing.log
- $SPECROOT/OCLogs/client.log
- $SPECROOT/Install-Tools/LOGS/<version>_<install_date>/*.log
- $SPECROOT/Install-Tools/LOGS/<version>_<install_date>/inst*
- $SPECROOT/Install-Tools/LOGS/<version>_<install_date>/preinst*
- $SPECROOT/Install-Tools/LOGS/<version>_<install_date>/postinst*

SpectroSERVER

- $SPECROOT/SS/VNM.OUT
- $SPECROOT/SS/DDM/ARCHMGR.OUT
- $SPECROOT/LS/LOCSERV.OUT
- $SPECROOT/NCM/NCMSERV.OUT
- $SPECROOT/NCM/logs/debug/*
- $SPECROOT/NCM/logs/error/*
- $SPECROOT/SS/RCPD.OUT (Only if Fault Tolerance is configured)
- $SPECROOT/SS/SSdbload.log (Only if Fault Tolerance is configured)

Common to both

- $SPECROOT/lib/SDPM/processd_log
- $SPECROOT/mysql/data/<hostname>.err (Windows)
- $SPECROOT/mysql/bin/MYSQL.OUT (Linux)