DCS log and log configuration location change in DCS 6.9.2 for UMC logging

Products

• Data Center Security Monitoring Edition
• Data Center Security Server
• Data Center Security Server Advanced

Issue/Introduction

DCS 6.9.2 has changed the log and log configuration file location.

Environment

Data Center Security
Version: 6.9.2 and higher

Resolution

What has changed in DCS 6.9.2 and UMC logs:

• Change in log files location
  • Prior to DCS 6.9.2, UMC logs location “<server_install_dir>\umc\logs”
  • DCS 6.9.2 and higher, the UMC logs new location is “<server_install_dir>\tomcat\logs” and the old location no longer used for logging
    
    
• Change in UMC log configuration file to change default log level for UMC
  • Prior to DCS 6.9.2, the UMC log file configuration path is “<server_install_dir>\tomcat\symapps\umc\umcservices\WEB-INF\classes\log4j.xml”
  • With DCS 6.9.2, the UMC log file configuration path is now “<server_install_dir>\tomcat\lib\log4j2.properties” and the old log configuration file no longer used to change log level
    
    
• To enable Trace Logging for UMC with DCS 6.9.2 and higher 
  • The file log4j2.properties has default log level for UMC as INFO. To change it to TRACE modify line #2 in the file as below
    • property.umcloglevel=trace
  • Restart the DCS manager service after making changes to log4j2.properties file