Reviewing ISM Logs

The ISM server maintains two log files in which it records its activities. The first log records the requests received and operations that the ISM server performs. The second log records the XBSA messages that the ISM server sends or receives.

To review either of the log files directly, make a copy and open the copy with a text editor. The log files reside in the following locations:

• On UNIX, the activity log is located in a file named $INFORMIXDIR/ism/logs/daemon.log. The XBSA messages log is located in $INFORMIXDIR/ism/applogs/xbsa.messages.

  If you have different Informix database servers installed in different directories on the same computer, you can find the location of the activity log for the active ISM server with the following command:

  ls -ls /nsr

• On Windows, the activity log is located in a file named %ISMDIR%\logs\daemon.log. The XBSA messages log is located in c:\nsr\applogs\xbsa.messages.

For more information on the activity log and XBSA messages log, see Using ISM Environment Variables.