Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 18)

Modifying Log Properties
For system, security, and application logs, you can specify the maximum log size and determine how the system handles log
entries when the maximum capacity of the NAS system is reached.
To modify the properties of a log file, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
2. Click Maintenance.
3. Click Logs.
4. On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to configure.
5. In the Tasks list, click Log Properties.
6. In the Maximum log size text box on the Log Properties page, enter the maximum size (in kilobytes) of the log.
7. Determine how you want the system to handle log file entries after the maximum log file size has been reached, and
then click one of the following choices:
Overwrite events as needed — The system writes over older events with new events as they occur.
Overwrite events older than ____ days — The system retains the event entries for the specified number of
days before the events can be written over by current event entries.
Do not overwrite events — The system retains all events in the log and appends new events to the end of the
file.
8. Click OK.
Downloading Log Files
The NAS Manager allows you to download specific log files from your NAS system.
To download log files, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to the NAS Manager.
2. Click Maintenance.
3. Click Logs.
4. On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to download.
5. In the Tasks list on the Log Type Log page, click Download Log.
6. On the Download Log Type Log page, if available, select the file type that you want to download, and then click
Download Log.
7. In the File Download dialog window, select Save this file to disk.
8. Specify a directory where the log will be saved, and then click Save.
9. Click Close to close the File Download dialog window after the download is complete.