Viewing the Adaptive Server Error Log

View Adaptive Server error log messages.

Prerequisites
Register and authenticate the agent to enable error log viewing.
Task
  1. Display server error log entries.
    • To view server error log entries from the monitor view: From the Perspective Resources view, click the drop-down arrow that appears next to the server name, then select Monitor. In the Adaptive Server Monitor window, click on Error Log.
    • To view server error log entries from the Administration Console: In the left pane of the Administration Console, select ASE Servers to populate the right pane with a list of servers. Select a server, click the drop-down arrow that appears next to the name, then select View Error Log.
    • To view server error log entries from an instance in the Adaptive Server Cluster Edition: In the left pane of the Administration Console, select Cluster Management > Instances. Select an instance, click the drop-down arrow that appears next to the name, then select View Error Log.
    The error log window appears. The last 1000 log entries are displayed by default.
  2. (Optional) In the error log view, you can deselect Auto Refresh, which allows additional log messages to be added to the error log viewer as they occur.
  3. (Optional) To filter the entries for specific text, click in the Filter messages field and enter a word or phrase to isolate server messages containing the entry. For example, enter "memory" to find all log output pertaining to memory usage. Text matching the entered text is highlighted. Click the x to clear the Filter messages field.
  4. (Optional) Sort the columns in ascending or descending order.
  5. (Optional) Click on the next or previous flag arrows to navigate to through the messages that are flagged. To navigate to specific type of flag, click the Flag type arrow before clicking the next or previous arrows.