Log Settings

To monitor EFT Server activity, you can reference EFT Server’s log files. EFT Server supports W3C, Microsoft IIS, and NCSA log file formats. Server events are logged to a file named [log file format]yymmdd.log , where YY, MM, and DD indicate the numeric year, month, and day respectively. Depending on the log file format selected, a 2-letter abbreviation is prepended to the filename, as described in the table below. For example, a log file in the Microsoft IIS format created on August 22, 2007 is named in070822.log.

Log File Format

Abbreviation

Notes

W3C

ex

Times are specified in GMT.

Microsoft IIS

in

Time is recorded as local time.

NCSA

nc

Date, time, and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) offset

 

For information about the Database Audit Settings, see Auditing Database Errors and Logging.

To specify log settings

  1. In EFT Administrator, connect to EFT Server and click the Server tab.

  2. In the left pane, click the Server.

  3. In the right pane, click the Auditing tab.

  4. In the Log file format list, click W3C, Microsoft IIS, NCSA, or No Logging.

    		5.

    Changing the log file format disconnects all active users. It is recommended to stop all Sites or wait until all users are inactive before changing the log file format.

    The W3C format records all times in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

  5. In the Folder to save log files box, type the path for this Server's log files. To browse for a path, click the open icon .

    6. By default, log files are saved in the EFT Server installation directory in the Log folder.

  6. In the Rotate Log File area, specify Never, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.

  7. Click Apply to save the changes on EFT Server.

    		8.

    Logs are not written to disk in real time. As events occur, EFT Server buffers those events in real time and then flushes (writes) them to file once either a) 60 lines are available, or b) 32kb of log data is received in 1 second or less.