To configure the LogViewer using the GUI

Purpose

Perform this procedure to use the LogViewer GUI to configure general options for the LogViewer GUI and CLI.

Steps
 
1 

Open the LogViewer GUI.


2 

Choose Edit→Options→General from the LogViewer main menu, or click Application options in the main tool bar. The Options form opens.


3 

Configure the required parameters:

  • Last Directory—Click in the parameter field and use the browser form that opens to specify where to save exported log profiles.

  • Base File Messages Directory—Click in the parameter field and use the browser form that opens to specify the base log directory.

  • Default Character Set—Edit this parameter to specify the character set that LogViewer uses to display the log-file contents.

  • Default Log Pattern—Edit this parameter to specify a regular expression that LogViewer uses to interpret log-file contents.

  • Default Date Format—Enter a colon-separated string to specify the LogViewer date format using y for year digits, M for month digits, d for date digits, H for hour digits, m for minute digits, s for second digits, and S for millisecond digits, for example, yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss:SSS.

  • Regular Expression Help URL—Enter a value to specify the location of the Java regular-expression help web page that opens when you click Help while testing a regular expression for a filter.

  • Web Browser Location—Enter a value to specify the location of the local file browser used to open the Java regular-expression help web page.

  • Quick Links Refresh Time (ms)—Enter a value to specify how often LogViewer refreshes the Quick Links list.

  • Rollover Remove Size—Enter a value to specify the number of log entries to remove from the LogViewer display when the maximum number of displayed log entries is reached.

  • Delay for local file polling (ms)—Enter a value to specify, in ms, how long LogViewer waits before it checks local log files for updates.

  • Hide Table Tooltips—Select this parameter to suppress the display of tool tips when the mouse pointer moves over log entries in a log tab.

  • Use Simple Filters—Select this parameter to allow the use of simple filters.

  • Advanced Quick Filter—Select this parameter to display the advanced Quick Filter table header on log tabs.

  • Display Advanced Quick Filter—Select this parameter to display the advanced Quick Filter table header on the log tab when a log file is opened.

  • Include Host in Title—Select this parameter to display the hostname in the log title.

  • Show Memory Monitor—Select this parameter to display the memory monitor at the bottom right corner of the LogViewer window.

  • Memory Monitor Clear Messages—Select this parameter to allow the memory monitor to attempt recovery by clearing some messages from live event logs when the memory threshold is exceeded.

  • Clear Log on Rollover—Select this parameter to clear the events from the logs when a Style View file rolls over or is moved.

  • Style View—Select this parameter to display the styled preview pane.

  • Memory Monitor Threshold (%)—Enter a value to specify the percentage of available memory that LogViewer uses before it stops displaying log updates.

  • Max. Recent Files—Enter a value to specify the number of files that LogViewer keeps in the list of recently opened files.

  • Max. Profile Files—Enter a value to specify the number of profile files that LogViewer keeps in the list of recently opened files.

  • LogViewer Log Level—Choose a logging level from the drop-down menu to specify the minimum log level of the LogViewer-specific log messages.

  • Enable Viewer Performance Stats—Select this parameter to enable the display of LogViewer performance statistics.

  • Stats Timer (seconds)—Enter a value to specify the number of seconds that LogViewer waits between log statistics updates.


4 

Click on the Command Line tab to configure the LogViewer CLI.


5 

Configure the following parameter:

  • Command line buffer size—Enter a value to specify the number of log messages that LogViewer buffers when the CLI is in command mode.


6 

Choose an ANSI display attribute from the drop-down menu beside each of the following parameters to specify how the CLI displays the corresponding text.

  • Normal Display—for normal text

  • Trace Level Display—for trace-level log entries

  • Debug Level Display—for debug-level log entries

  • Info Level Display—for info-level log entries

  • Warning Level Display—for warning-level log entries

  • Error Level Display—for error-level log entries

  • Fatal Level Display—for fatal-level log entries

  • Filter Display—for filtered log entries


7 

Configure the Always Use ANSI Display parameter, as required.


8 

Click on the NFM-P tab to configure the required parameters that are specific to the NFM-P.


9 

Configure the required parameters by clicking in the parameter field and using the browser form that opens to specify a directory:

  • Database Location—specifies the base NFM-P database installation directory

  • Oracle Location—specifies the base NFM-P Oracle installation directory

  • NMS Root—specifies the nms directory under the base NFM-P server installation directory

    Note:

    Your configuration of LogViewer is stored in the user directory. Any filters, fonts, colors, or other preferences you have set are preserved when you install a newer version.


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CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

The parameters on the Advanced tab typically require configuration only when LogViewer has performance problems.

Consult technical support before you attempt to modify a parameter on the Advanced tab, as it may affect server performance.

Click on the Advanced tab to configure the required parameters related to LogViewer performance.

End of steps