Log files are analyzed using symptom databases to interpret known events and error conditions. The database provides explanations for events and possible recovery steps.
You can import log files either from a local host or a remote host.
The Log Analyzer provides you the ability to combine several log files into a single unit for analysis, which means that you can:
Follow these steps to analyze log files:
Related concepts
Overview of the Log Analyzer
Common Base Event model
The symptom database
Related tasks
Setting
logging preferences
Importing and using a symptom database
Determining the time between events
Viewing distributed traces
Attaching
to a running process to collect log records
Working in the Sequence Diagram view
Related reference
Log view
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