Configuring Log View Search Criteria

The Dell SonicWALL GMS log keeps track of changes made within the Dell SonicWALL GMS UI, logins, failed logins, logouts, password changes, scheduled tasks, failed tasks, completed tasks, raw syslog database size, syslog message uploads, and time spent summarizing syslog data.

To view the Dell SonicWALL GMS log, complete the following steps:

Click the Console tab, expand the Log tree, and click View Log. The View Log page displays.

Each log entry contains the following fields:

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#—specifies the number of the log entry.

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Date—specifies the date of the log entry.

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Message—contains a description of the event.

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Severity—displays the severity of the event (Alert, Warning, or FYI).

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SonicWALL—specifies the name of the SonicWALL appliance that generated the event (if applicable).

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User@IP—specifies the user name and IP address.

To narrow the search, configure some of the following criteria:


	TIP: You can press Enter to navigate from one form element to the next in this section.

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Select Time of logs—displays all log entries for a specified range of dates.

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SonicWALL Node—displays all log entries associated with the specified SonicWALL appliance.

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GMS User—displays all log entries with the specified user.

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Message contains—displays all log entries that contain the specified text. This input field provides an auto-suggest functionality that uses existing log message text to predict what you want to type. It fills in the field with the suggested text and you can either press Tab to accept it or keep typing. Different suggestions appear as you continue to type if log messages match your input.

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Severity—displays log entries with the matching severity level:

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All (Alert, Warning, and FYI)–where FYI mean “For Your Information”

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Alert and Warning

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Alert

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Select Match case to make the SonicWALL Node, GMS User, and Message contains search fields case sensitive.

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Select one of Exact Phrase, All Words, or Any Word.

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Exact Phrase matches a log entry that contains exactly what you typed in the Message contains field

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All Words matches a log entry that contains all the words you typed in the Message contains field, but the words can be non-consecutive or in any order

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Any Word matches a log entry that contains any of the words you typed in the Message contains field

To view the results of your search criteria, click Start Search. To clear all values from the input fields and start over, click Clear Search. To save the results as an HTML file on your system, click Export Logs and follow the on-screen instructions.

To configure how many messages are shown per screen, enter a new value between 10 and 100 in the Show Messages Per Screen field. (default: 10). Click Next to display the next page, or click Previous to display the preceding page.

To jump to a specific message, enter the message number in the Go to Message Number field.