Liquent InSight Rendering 4.4 Administration

Configuring Centralized Logging

As rendering and publishing activities take place in an domain, each repository records log messages on the server hosting the repository. Included with Domain Manager is a user interface that enables you to view and query the log messages generated on all the repository servers in an InSight Rendering domain.

To use this centralized logging feature, you must configure one of the repository servers in the domain as the log server. The log server will “collect” the log messages from the repositories in the domain and store them in the domain database. Once the log messages are stored in the database, the Log Messages tab can be used to view and query the messages.

Be aware that you can still view the log files individually on each repository server using a text editor such as Notepad.

Centralized logging is most useful if you are having a problem with . You can configure centralized logging to provide one view of all log messages in the domain while you are troubleshooting the problem. After you resolve the problem, disable centralized logging because it increases the size of the database on the domain log server, reducing the performance of .

To set up a repository server as the domain log server:
  1. On the desktop of the repository server that you want to be the log server, right-click My Computer, and on the menu, click Manage.
  2. In the left pane of the Computer Management window, expand Services and Applications, and click Services.
  3. In the right pane, right-click BusinessServiceLogServer, and click Properties.
  4. On the General tab of the BusinessServiceLogServer Properties dialog box, on the Startup type list, click Automatic.
  5. Under Service status, click Start.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Close the Computer Management window.
  8. In Domain Manager, select the Configuration tab in the left pane.
  9. At the top of the directory tree, right-click Domain and choose Properties.
    The Domain Properties dialog box appears.
  10. In the Domain Properties dialog box, select the Logging tab.
  11. Under Logging Level, select the messages detail level. 
    This determines the type of messages that the log server collects and stores in the domain database. Any logging level increases the size of the domain database, but the Error level has the least negative impact on the performance of InSight Rendering.
  12. Under Log Server, do the following:
    1. Specify the Machine that will be the log server for the domain.
      It is recommended that you do not change the default Port setting.
    2. In the Purge Age box, specify the age (in days) at which archived log messages whose age exceeds the purge interval are purged.
    3. In the Archive Interval box, specify the age (in days) at which log messages whose age exceeds the archive interval are archived.
      The archive interval must be less than purge interval.
    4. Click Check Log Server to confirm that the repository server is available.
  13. Click OK.
  14. Choose File > Save to save your changes.
    Note: With centralized logging enabled, you will receive “unable to notify business service” warnings when jobs are processed for which e-mail notifications are not configured.