Logging events

An API application can log event messages to central locations. The application can direct logging to the IBM® Storage Protect server, the local machine, or both. The dsmLogEventEx function call is performed in a session. To view messages logged on the server, use the query actlog command through the administrative client.

Use the IBM Storage Protect client option, errorlogretention, to prune the client error log file if the application writes numerous client messages to the client log dsmLogType, either logLocal or logBoth.

For more information about IBM Storage Protect logs, see the IBM Storage Protect server documentation.