Converting Protection Engine .LOG files to a human readable format

Products

• Protection Engine for Cloud Services
• Protection for SharePoint Servers
• Protection Engine for NAS

Issue/Introduction

You request to know how to convert the Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) .LOG files to a human readable format (CSV, HTML, or generic).

Environment

SPE: All versions

Resolution

The logconverter utility included with Protection Engine can convert the .LOG files into human readable format. It is located in <install dir> on Windows and <install dir>/bin on Linux. <install dir> is the following by default depending on the Operating System:

• Linux: /opt/SYMCScan/bin/
• Windows: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Scan Engine

 

logconverter must be run from the bash shell on Linux or the cmd prompt on Windows.

 

Syntax:

logconverter -[c|h] [Path/To/.LOG/file]

Flag Options

c - Output will be in CSV format
h - Output will be in HTML format

Specify up to one flag option. Without a flag, logconverter will output generic human readable text. Output can be saved to a file by redirecting the output to a file.

 

Example - Linux HTML:

./logconverter -h ../log/SSE20230531.log > log.html

Example - Windows CSV:

.\logconverter.exe -c log\SSE20230601.log > log.csv

Example - Windows Generic:

.\logconverter.exe log\SSE20230602.log > log.txt

 

Additional Information

Legacy version? 

The logconverter.exe also works on SPE legacy version 7.5. However, SPE 7.5 on Windows is installed to the following default installation location:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Scan Engine\