Users Guide

NOTE: Ensure that you update the rmware versions of iDRAC and LC before, exporting active LC logs

for 11

generation of servers.

• Schedule LC Log Collection—select select to export the active logs at regular intervals.

In Schedule LC Log Collection, select a date and time to export the log les.

Select a radio button depending on how frequently the les have to be exported. The available options for scheduling frequency to

determine how often you want to collect the LC logs are:

– Never—this option is selected by default. Select to export the LC logs only once at the scheduled time.

– Daily—select to export the LC logs daily at the scheduled time.

– Once a week—select to export the LC logs on a weekly basis at the scheduled time.

– Once every 4 weeks—select to export the LC logs in every four weeks at the scheduled time.

– (Optional) Select the Back up LC logs on the network share check box to save a backup of the LC logs on CIFS network

share by providing the Windows credentials.

NOTE: Provide a share folder with sucient storage space, since the exported les are large in

size.

To track this job, the Go to the Job List option is selected by default.

Viewing LC logs

View all the active LC logs, search for detailed description, and download the logs in CSV format.

Prerequisite

Add OMIMSSC Appliance in Local Intranet site list as mentioned in Browser settings section in Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for

Microsoft System Center Version 7.1 for System Center Conguration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Installation

Guide

Steps

1 In OMIMSSC, click Maintenance Center. Select a server or a group of servers, click LC Logs drop-down menu and click View LC

Logs.

2 All the servers in the selected group and the servers for which LC logs are collected are listed with their LC log les. Click a le name

to view all the log entries in the LC log le specic to that server. For more information, see

File description.

3 (Optional) Use the search box to search description in all the log les, and export the le in CSV format.

There are two ways to search message description in an LC le:

• Click a le name to open the LC log le and search for a description in the search box.

• Provide a description text in the search box, and then view all the LC les with these instances of text.

NOTE

: If the LC log message description is long, the message is truncated to 80 characters.

NOTE: The time displayed against the LC log messages follows the iDRAC time zone.

File description

Use this page to view detailed information about recommended actions and some other technical information that are useful for tracking or

alert purposes for a particular server.

To view the contents of a le, click a le name:

• You can search for particular message descriptions.

• You can either view the log les in the window or download the le to view additional log messages.

• You can view any comments provided by a user for an activity.

Managing devices in OMIMSSC