Display the Activity Log

Your region logs all significant activity and events to the activity log. Connection activity such as the starting and stopping of Telnet connections and FTP activity can be logged to the activity log as well as, or instead of, to the events database. The activity log also records operator commands issued and the output of executed obeyfiles.

Note: You can collect messages issued by CA TCPaccess CS and display each message in the activity log.

To access the activity log, do one of the following:

Enter /LOG or $LOG at the prompt on a panel to display the activity log for the local region.
Enter $LOG linkname at the prompt on a panel to display the activity log for the specified linked region.
Press F7 in OCS.
Use the L (Activity Log) option on the Historical Data primary menu.
Enter L (Display Activity Log) next to an entry on any connection list.

Browse the Activity Log Online

The following aids are available to help you use the activity log:

Forward and backward scroll
Various display formats
Highlighting log records
Log filter to restrict the records displayed
Positioning by date or time, either absolute or relative
Positioning by labels set in the log
Searching forward or backward for text
Selective printing of log records

Note: For detailed information about these aids, see the online help.