How to read NVSD smartdisk logs logd.log (4047420)

Product & Version: NVSD 1.1, 1.2
OS Version: windows/Linux
Module & Version:
Application version:

Symptoms:

How to read smart disk logs (NetVault SmartDisk\foundation\var\logd.log ) received from a customer installation -

the smart disk log file logd.log is comprised of a sql lite table and is not readble using the established tools.
i.e. standard text editors, the trace or binary log viewers.

The content can only be read from the table using a smart disk internal routine,

 

1 - request the file NetVault SmartDisk\foundation\var\logd.log from the

2 - copy/download the smartdisk log file logd.log


3 - use the following command:

…\foundation\bin\smartdisk.bat logs --file <filepath>

i.e. for a log file named located at C:\tmp\logd.log

the command will be of the following form

\foundation\bin\smartdisk.bat logs --file C:\tmp\logd.log

this sends the log output to the screen

4 - to save the log output to a flat file so that it can be read/manipulated with a standard text editor
redirect the stdout (with >) to an apropriately named log file.


i.e.


\foundation\bin\smartdisk.bat logs --file C:\tmp\logd.log > c:\tmp\logd.txt





see smart disk logs help output below for more details and filtering options.

C:\Program Files\BakBone Software\NetVault SmartDisk\foundation\bin>smartdisk.bat logs --help

Usage:

--file <log database filename>
File to be processed. If no file is specified, records will be retrieved from logd process
Example: --file "C:\Program Files\BakBone Software\NetVault SmartDisk\foundation\var\logd.log"
--last-hours <hours>
Display latest log records for the specified number of hours
Example: --last-hours 2
--time-interval <interval "YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS">
Display log records from specified interval
Example: --time-interval "2010-02-01-145015 2010-02-03-093000"

BakBone SFDC Solution Number: 00005905