Application Logs

Application logs contain details of various events that happen in the application, including information on issues, alerts, and errors. They help in analyzing and identifying the application problems better. In this document, you will find the details of various log files in ServiceDesk Plus and their purpose.

 

 

Wrapper Log

Details: Holds information related to the starting of application as a service (applicable for windows servers).

File Location : Product_Home/logs. During cold start, this file will be under Product_Home/bin. 

File Name: wrapperlog.txt

File Size: Unlimited

Max File Count: 1

 

Sysenvout Log   

Details: Holds information related to startup jars.

File Location : Product_Home/logs

File Names: "sysenvout0.txt" to "sysenvout10.txt"

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation: Every 10 files


 

Serverout Log

Details: Holds information on startup and module-related exceptions.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Names: "serverout0.txt" to "serverout50.txt"

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 50

Log Rotation: Every 50 files

 

Catalina Log

Details: Holds information on client side related exceptions.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Names: "catalina0.txt" to "catalina20.txt"

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 20

Log Rotation: Every 20 files

 

Access Log 

Details: This is an hourly log file that holds information on all server requests (including URL accesses) raised into the application.

File Location: Product_Home/logs/access

File Name: access_log_2022-04-25-12.txt

File Size: Unlimited

Max File Count: 720

File Count Per Day: 24

Log Rotation: Every 30 days.

 

Thread Dump Log 

Details: Holds information on the state of all threads of a Java process along with the stack trace.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: threaddump0.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 3

Log Rotation: Every 3 Files

 

Connection Dump Log  

Details: Holds traces for the initial DB connection from a thread with the stack trace.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: cd0.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 5

Log Rotation: Every 5 files

 

Stuck Threads Log  

Details: Holds information on threads running for more than 30 seconds

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 3

Log Rotation: Every 3 files

 

CPU Monitoring  Log

Details: Holds information on the CPU usage of java threads along with the stack trace.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: CPUMonitoring0.txt

File Size: 20mb

Max File Count: 2

Log Rotation: Every 2 files

 

Query Monitoring Log 

Details: Holds information on the top queries based on execution time and count 

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: querymonitoring0.txt

File Size: 20mb

Max File Count: 2

Log Rotation: Every 2 files

 

Check DB Connection  Log

Details: Helps to check the connection between database and the application.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: CheckDBConnection0.txt

File Size: 20mb

Max File Count: 2

Log Rotation Count: Every 2 files

 

Disk Log

Details: Holds information about the status of the hard disk (read/write/delete latency measured).

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: DiskIO0.txt

File Size: 20mb

Max File Count: 2

Log Rotation Count: Every 2 files

 

PII Handling Log

Details: Holds information related to personally identifiable information.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: piihandlinglog0.txt to piihandlinglog10.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation Count: Every 10 files

 

Running Queries Log 

Details: Holds information on the running queries.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: runningqueries0.txt to runningqueries3.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 3

Log Rotation Count: Every 3 files

 


Missing Index Log

Details: Holds traces related to database table validation.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: MissingIndexLog0.txt to MissingIndexLog2.txt

File Size: Each file will be 10MB

Max File Count: 2

Log Rotation Count: Every 2 files

 

Request Work Flow Migration Log

Details: Holds information related to request workflow migration

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: RequestWFMigration0.txt to RequestWFMigration5.txt

File Size: 20mb

Max File Count: 5

Log Rotation Count: Every 5 files

 

Distributed Scan Log 

Details: Holds information about distributed asset scans.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: distributedscanlog0.txt to distributedscanlog10.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation Count: Every 10 files

 

User Merge Log

Details: Holds information related to user merging operation.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: usermergelog0.txt to usermergelog10.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation Count: Every 10 files

 

 

Import SSL Log

Details: Holds information related to the import of SSL certificates. 

Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: importssl0.txt to importssl10.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation: Every 10 files

 

Connection Detail Log 

Details: Holds information related to database connection.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: connectiondetail0.txt to connectiondetail2.txt

File Size: Each file will be 10MB

Max File Count: 2

Log Rotation: Every 2 files

 

 

Redis Log

Details: Holds information related to the external caches.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: redislogs0.txt to redislogs15.txt

File Size: Each file will be 10MB

Max File Count: 15

Log Rotation: Every 15 files

 

 

Backup Log 

Details: Hold information related to application backups.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: BackUp_log_0.txt to BackUp_log_10.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation: Every 10 files

 

 

Restore Log

Details: Holds information related to application backups.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: Restore_log_0.txt to Restore_log_20.txt

File Size: 20mb

Max File Count: 20

Log Rotation: Every 20 files

 

 

File Monitoring Log

Details: Holds information related to file uploads and downloads in the application.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: filemonitoring0.txt to filemonitoring10.txt

File Size: Each file will be 10MB

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation: Every 10 files

 

 

Remote Command Log

Details: Holds information related to the remote command execution in the application.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: remotecommand0.txt to remotecommand50.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 50

Log Rotation: Every 50 files

 

 

OP to OD Migration Log

Details: Holds information related to ServiceDesk Plus On-premises to ServiceDesk Plus Cloud migration.

File Location: Product_Home/logs

File Name: optoodmigrationlog0.txt to optoodmigrationlog10.txt

File Size: 10mb

Max File Count: 10

Log Rotation: Every 10 files

 

 

Failed Query Log

Details: Contains a list of queries that failed to fetch data from the database when initiated from the application.

 

 

Table Data Count Log

Details: Contains the data count for each table in the database

 

 

InitPGSQL Log

Details: Contains information related to the database initialization.