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ZMC Monitor Events page provides information about all events on the backup server. This includes backup and restoration.
Event Log table
ZMC log files are stored in /var/log/amanda. The zm-support tool can access these and send them to Zmanda Technical Support to assist troubleshooting. All events related to backup are presented in a tabular form, and can be sorted by any column by clicking on the header. Restore messages are not logged.
The table columns are:
Timestamp
When the event occurred, in yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss format.
- Event Source
- The Amanda/ZMC component that generated the event, such as planner, amdump, taper or the Zmanda Network.
- Event type
- failure (which require immediate attention), warning, or info.
- Backup Set
- Backup Set name (if the message was generated by Amanda)
- Description
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- Amanda Enterprise Edition generates lots of events during a backup process and configuration process.
- Zmanda Network provides security and product alerts.
- Events about all backup sets are provided in the same view irrespective of the backup set selected.
- All events are retained indefinitely, letting you track error trends across backup runs over time.
ZMC log files are stored in /var/log/amanda. The zm-support tool can access these and send them to Zmanda Technical Support to assist troubleshooting. All events related to backup are presented in a tabular form, and can be sorted by any column by clicking on the header. Restore messages are not logged.
Log Rotate Utility
ZMC works with the Linux logrotate utility to prune active logs. If desired, use crontab to set up log rotation.
Here is an example crontab entry:
0 1 * * 1,5 logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/zmc_logrotate (For 1 AM on Monday and Friday of each week)