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Managing Log Files
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Proventia Network IPS G and GX Appliance User Guide
Managing Log Files
Introduction The Log Files page in Proventia Manager displays all the log files associated with the
appliance. Use this page to view, download, or delete system logs.
About timestamps
in log files
Timestamps in some log files are stored in Unix time (the number of seconds elapsed since
00:00:00 on January 1, 1970 UTC). You can use a tool called logtime to translate these
timestamps to local time.
Important: You must perform this operation on the appliance itself.
Downloading log
files
To download log files:
1. In the navigation pane, select System
ÆLog Files.
2. Select a file to download, and then click Download.
3. Select Save the file to disk, and then click OK.
4. Type a File Name, and then click Save.
Note: After the download, the saved log file still exists on the appliance.
Translating log file
timestamps
To translate the log file timestamps:
1. Log on to the appliance as root.
2. Run logtime with the required parameters. If you run logtime without the arguments,
logtime will display usage information.
Example: To translate timestamps in the firewall log file frw000.log, run the following
command:
logtime /var/iss/frw000.log /var/iss/newfrw000.log
This command creates a new file called newfrw000.log based on the frw000.log file,
but the timestamps in the new file are in local time. The original log file is not
modified.
If you create the new translated log file in /var/iss directory, you can download it
from Proventia Manager.