Viewing the SAP ASE Error Log

View SAP ASE error log messages.

Prerequisites
Register and authenticate the agent to enable error log viewing.
Task
  1. Display 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 SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise Monitor window, click Error Log.
    • 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.
    • From an instance in the 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 shows, by default, the most recent 1000 log entries.
  2. (Optional) In the error log view, you can unselect Auto Refresh.
    Auto Refresh 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. Any text that matches what you entered is highlighted. Click the x to clear the Filter messages field.
  4. (Optional) Sort the columns in ascending or descending order.
  5. (Optional) Click the next or previous flag arrows to navigate to through the messages that are flagged. To navigate to a specific flag type, click the Flag type arrow before clicking the next or previous arrows.