Users Guide

Column Description
only in the case of a collection of systems and not a
single system.
No. This is the sequence number of the log.
Category The category of the Lifecycle Controller Log. For
example, Configuration Service, iDRAC, Inventory, and
so on.
ID This is the ID associated with an error message. Click
the hyperlink to get more information on the error and
the recommended action. You can periodically
download the latest message registry from the Dell
support website available at support.dell.com/manuals.
For more information, see Downloading and Updating
the Latest Message Registry.
If the ID is missing in the local message registry, an
error is displayed and you must download the latest
message registry file from the Dell support site.
Description The message/description of the Lifecycle Controller
Log.
Timestamp The date/time stamp when the Lifecycle Controller log
was created.
3. Click View after specifying the number of records you want to view.
NOTE: This step is applicable only when you manually enter the number of records without selecting from the
drop-down list. If you select the number from the drop-down list, the records are displayed automatically. You
cannot specify any value lesser than the number of records that can be viewed at a time. If you want to view
reduced number of records, then you must sort and filter the records per system or close the System Viewer
Utility (Config Utility in the case of a collection) and reopen the same.
4. To fetch fresh Lifecycle Controller logs from the system, click Refresh.
5. When you are loading a large number of logs, you can click Pause to temporarily stop the loading of log files.
During this phase, you can change the number of records you want to view by selecting the number from the drop-
down list.
6. Click Resume to resume the loading of logs.
7. Click Export to CSV to save the file in CSV format at a specific location. This option exports only the log files that are
displayed on the grid. If you have filtered the data on the grid, this option exports only the filtered data.
Downloading And Updating The Latest Message Registry
It is recommended that you close all the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration utilities such as the System ViewerUtility,
Config Utility, and Task Viewer before you download and extract the message registry.
The message registry does not contain detailed information for user defined Logs of type Work notes (for example,
WRK001) or Logs with category Other.
To download the latest Message Registry on the system where you have installed Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration
for ConfigMgr:
1. Go to the Dell Support Website available at support.dell.com/manuals. Or refer step 6 in the Dell Event/Exception
Message Reference 2.0 guide available at DellTechCenter.
2. Select Software → Systems Management → Dell Unified Server Configurator and Lifecycle Controller.
3. On the Lifecycle Controller Releases page, click the link to the latest version of Lifecycle Controller.
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