There are three different type of log destinations that can be enabled in Strategy Diagnostics Configuration 9.X. These destinations are the "System Log", the "Console Log" and "File Log" and can be enabled for different logging dispatchers using the different columns in the configuration menu as shown in the image below:
The different log destinations are described below:
System log
When the check box for the System log column is enabled, logging for the selected logging dispatcher is sent to the appropriate system log. For the Strategy applications on a Micorosoft Windows operating system platform, the logging dispatcher output is sent to in the Windows Event Application logs. Users may view the output using the Event Viewer in Windows that can be accessed through Start menu -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools. For Unix/Linux systems, the "System Log" destination is the system messages file (/var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages).
Users should be aware that enabling the system log destination for a logging dispatcher could have system wide consequences, especially if the logging output is very verbose.
Console log
The "Console Log" destination sends the output of a logging dispatcher to the default system debugging output. On Microsoft Windows platforms, this output can be viewed by running the "monitor.exe" application. On Unix/Linux systems, by default this output is redirected to the stderr device. The Console log destination is intended for use for interactive testing and troubleshooting purposes and should not be used in production deployments.
File log
The file log destination can be set to any specific named file log destination. Thus users may configure different file logs for different logging dispatchers. The default name of the created log file is the same as the log destination name. For example any dispatchers with the File Log destination set to DSSErrors will have that dispatcher output sent to the DSSErrors.log file. The default log for all Error, Fatal and Warning dispatchers in Strategy is the DSSErrors log.
