Viewing the admin server error log

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You can issue the provided command to view the administration server error log in the default location.

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On a UNIX™ operating system: 
more <instance base directory>/idsslapd-<instance name>/logs/idsdiradm.log
Where:
  • instance base directory is the home directory of the directory server instance owner, or the directory you specified when you created the directory server instance.
  • instance name is the name of the directory server instance.
On a Windows™ operating system: 
more <drive>\idsslapd-<instance name>\logs

Where drive is the drive you specified when you created a directory server instance, and instance name is the name of the directory server instance.

Do the following steps to view the Administration server error log from a system with the IBM® Security Verify Directory client: 
idsldapexop -D <adminDN> -w <adminPW> -op readlog -logidsdiradm-lines all
Do the following steps to clear the Administration server error log: 
ldapexop -D <adminDN> -w <adminPW> -op clearlog -logidsdiradm