Network Management

CORE - Available Orion Core Logs

This article provides information for the log files that are available by default in the indicated locations for all installations of SolarWinds products that are built on the Orion Core Platform.

First published date

10/8/2018 6:02 PM

Last published date

10/6/2022 8:39 AM

Overview

The following log files are available by default in the indicated locations for all installations of SolarWinds products that are built on the Orion Core Platform.

Product section

Orion Platform

Cause

N/A

Resolution

*Volume:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SolarWinds\ OR Volume:\Documents and Settings\All Users\SolarWinds\ OR Volume*:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\
Filename	Description
JobEngine\Logs\SolarWinds.JobEngineService_v1_5.txt	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to jobs performed or enacted by the Job Engine Service v1.5
JobEngine\Logs\SolarWinds.SchedulingService_v1_5.txt	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to jobs scheduled by the Job Scheduling Service v1.5
JobEngine\Logs\SWJobEngineWorker_v1_5.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to jobs performed or enacted by the Job Engine Worker v1.5
JobEngine.v2\Logs\SolarWinds.JobEngineService_v2_2.txt	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to jobs performed or enacted by the Job Engine Service v2.2
Logs\Orion\BusinessLayerHost.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to the performance of the SolarWinds Business Layer Host
Logs\Orion\ConfigurationWizard.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to starting and running the Configuration Wizard
Logs\Orion\Core.BusinessLayer.log	A DateTime-stamped record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to actions performed by the SolarWinds Business Layer Host
Logs\Orion\OrionReportWriter.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to starting and running the Orion Report Writer
Logs\Orion\OrionWeb.log	A DateTime-stamped record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to actions performed in the Orion Web Console
Logs\Orion\SyslogService.log	A DateTime-stamped record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to actions performed by the SolarWinds Syslog Service
Logs\VIM\VIM.BusinessLayer.log	A DateTime-stamped record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to virtual device monitoring actions performed on the VIM Business Layer
NetworkAtlas\MapImportBatch.log	A DateTime-stamped record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to importing maps and map objects into Network Atlas
CollectorInstaller.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Collector
CoreInstaller.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of SolarWinds Core Services
InformationService.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Information Service
JobEngine.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Job Engine v1
JobEngine.v2.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Job Engine v2
OrionInstaller.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of required SQL Server components
SharedManagementObjects.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of required .NET Framework components for managing SQL databases
SolarWinds Integrated Virtual Infrastructure Monitor.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of SolarWinds Integrated Virtual Infrastructure Monitor (IVIM)
SolarWinds-Orion-NetworkAtlas.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of SolarWinds Network Atlas
sqlncli.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
SSCERuntime_x86-ENU.msi.log	A record of all actions, validations, and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition
DiscoveryEngine.log	A record of all actions related to the discovery of new devices using Network Sonar Discovery
DiscoveryJob.log	A record of all actions occurring during scheduled network discovery jobs
VMwareProbing.log	A record of all actions related to the discovery of new virtual devices
InformationService.log	A record of SolarWinds Information Service v1 status
InformationService.log	A record of the status of module connections to SolarWinds Information Service v1.

**Volume:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion\**
Filename	Description
OrionModuleEngine.InstallLog	A record of all actions and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of Orion modules
SolarWindsAlertingEngine.InstallLog	A record of all actions and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Alerting Engine
SolarWindsSyslogService.InstallLog	A record of all actions and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Syslog Service
SolarWindsTrapService.InstallLog	A record of all actions and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Trap Service
swAlert.log	SolarWinds Alerting Engine status.
swdebugMaintenance.log	Details of database maintenance
SWOrionInformationServicev1.InstallLog	A record of all actions and exceptions related to installation and uninstallation of the SolarWinds Information Service v1
SysUpTime	Uptime for your Orion server
Weblauncher.log	Record of operations required when the web console is started

This article applies to all currently supported versions of SolarWinds products that are built on the Orion Platform.

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