Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer

You can configure a NetBackup Windows primary server to also write logging application and diagnostic messages to the Windows Event Viewer Application Event log.

For details on vxlogcfg, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.

To write unified logging messages to the Windows Event Viewer for an originator

Use the vxlogcfg command to set the LogToOslog value to true for the originator.
For example:
```
# vxlogcfg -a -o nbrb -p NB -s "LogToOslog=true"
```
Restart the NetBackup services.

To write legacy logging messages to the Windows Event Viewer

Create the eventlog file on the NetBackup primary server.
```
install_path\NetBackup\db\config\eventlog
```
Optionally, add an entry to the eventlog file. For example:
```
56 255
```
"56" produces a log with the messages that have a severity of warning, error, and critical (56 = 8 + 16 + 32). "255" produces a log with messages for all types (255 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 +128).
Restart the NetBackup services.

Event log parameters

The parameters in the eventlog represent severity and type. Both parameters are specified as decimal numbers and equate to a bitmap for the values below.

Severity

Listed as the first parameter.
Controls the messages that NetBackup writes to the Application log.
If the file is empty, the default severity is Error (16).
If the file has only one parameter, it is used for the severity level.

1 = Unknown

2 = Debug

4 = Info

8 = Warning

16 = Error

32 = Critical

Type

Listed as the second parameter.
Controls the type of messages that NetBackup writes to the Application log.
If the file is empty, the default type is Backup Status (64).

1 = Unknown

2 = General

4 = Backup

8 = Archive

16 = Retrieve

32 = Security

64 = Backup Status

128 = Media Device

In the logs, the messages are formatted as follows:

<Severity>  <Job type>  <Job ID>  <Job group ID>  <Server>  <Client>  <Process>  <Text>

For example:

16 4 10797 1 cacao bush nbpem backup of client bush exited with status 71

Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer

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