Viewing CA Configuration Automation Logs

CA Configuration Automation logs every operation, event, and task that is performed on the Logs tab page. Additionally, some other tab pages have component-specific log pages that display events specific to that tab page. For example, the Blueprints Log page shows Blueprint-specific events including creation, modification, import, export, and so on. These Blueprint-specific events also appear on the main Log tab page.

All CA Configuration Automation log pages have a number of columns in common including the following:

Date/Time—Displays the timestamp that shows the data and time the event occurred. For example, 2010-04-20-15:18:22
Message—Displays a system-generated identifier and the confirmation message that describes the event. For example, CCA-SC-5004 File Structure Class ".netwebtruststrclass" updated successfully.
Log Level—Displays a description of the type of message. The entry can be Informational, Error, Fatal, or Warning.
Management Server—Displays the name or IP address of the server on which the event occurred.
Event Type, Event Sub Type, and Job Type—Classifies the event using two or more of these three columns. All events have an Event Type, and Event Sub Type entry. Some events are further classified using a Job Type when appropriate.
For example, if you create a Network Profile, the Event Type column shows Create, and the Event Sub Type column shows Network Profile. If you schedule a job to run a network scan, the Event Type column shows Run Network Scan, and the Event Sub Type column shows Network Profile, and the Job column shows Network Scan.
User Identifier—Displays the user who scheduled or performed the task or event.
Note: Scheduled jobs are owned by an internal user called system_user that owns certain processes and is credited as the creator of some predefined content (for example, predefined Blueprints). The system_user is similar to the Windows user SYSTEM (if you open the Processes tab of the Windows Task Manager you will see SYSTEM in the User Name field for many processes) in that it is an internal user that is not created by an administrator or assigned a user ID. This user does not have an entry in CA EEM, and cannot log into the CA Application Configuration Manager UI.
Service Name—Displays the name of the service on which the event occurred.
Server Name—Displays the server that was the target of the event. For example, if you create a snapshot of a server called Bertha from a CA Configuration Automation Server host called Terrapin, Bertha appears in the Server column (and Terrapin appears in the Management Server column).
Management Profile—Displays the name of the profile assigned to the server or service on which the event occurred.