Introduction 11
The location of the event log file depends on the operating system you are using.
• On systems running the Microsoft Windows operating systems, event
messages are logged in the operating system event log and the Server
Administrator event log.
NOTE: The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys32.xml and is
located in the <install_path>\omsa\log directory. The default install_path is
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt.
• On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX, and VMware ESXi
operating systems, the event messages are logged in the operating system
log file and the Server Administrator event log.
NOTE: The default name of the operating system log file is /var/log/messages,
and you can view the operating system log file using a text editor such as vi or
emacs. The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys<xx>.xml,
where xx is either 32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system. In the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Citrix XenServer and
VMware ESX operating systems, the Server Administrator event log file is
located in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/var/log/openmanage directory. In the
VMware ESXi operating system, the Server Administrator event log file is
located in the
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/log/openmanage directory.
Logging Messages to a Unicode Text File
Logging messages to a Unicode text file is optional. By default, the feature is
disabled in the Server Administrator. To enable this feature, modify the
Event Manager section of the dcemdy<xx>.ini configuration file where xx is
32 or 64 bit depending on the operating system, as follows:
• On systems running Microsoft Windows operating systems, you can locate
the configuration file in the
<install_path>\dataeng\ini
directory and set
the property
UnitextLog.enabled=true
. The default
install_path
is
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt
. Restart the
DSM SA Event Manager
service to enable the setting. The Server Administrator Unicode text event
log file is named
dcsys32.log
and is located in the
<
install_path>\omsa\log directory
.
• On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX operating systems,
you can locate the configuration file in the
/opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/