Working with log files

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 and Trace Analyzer provides you the ability to combine several log files into a single unit for analysis, which means that you can:

• Import, display, and analyze multiple log files
• Correlate events in multiple log files
• View the correlations graphically

Follow these steps to analyze log files:

1. Set up preferences
2. Prepare the symptom database
3. Import log files
4. Filter and sort records
5. Analyze log files
6. Correlate pairs of logs (view log interactions or view log thread interactions)
    

Related concepts
Overview of the Log and Trace 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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