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How to install and use Kiwi Log Viewer and View live application log activity

This article will help you to view and track any Error within Orion logs using Kiwi Log

First published date

3/12/2020 7:58 AM

Last published date

3/12/2020 1:36 PM

Overview

This makes life easy In order to track any Error within Orion logs using Kiwi Log Viewer provided within the Solarwinds Orion installation Core or any on going activity within the application such as running jobs / accessing the web console . 

 

Product section

Orion Platform

Cause

How to install Kiwi Log Viewer 

Resolution

How to install Kiwi Log Viewer 
Download link Kiwi Log Viewer

Once installation done. Click on open your log file you wish to watch and track the activity

Make sure you change the file type to All files

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Select your log file and open
 

Create filter for your Errors (Make sure you type caps looks (ERROR)
Click on "Highlight" icon 

Then 


Lines with ERROR will be highlighted

You can create highlighted filters with any keywords you are looking for in the log activity 

Track the last activity in the log file  Click on the Arrow to track the last activity

 

Solarwinds log files and location

Solarwinds installation / Upgrade log file

C:\ProgramData\Solarwinds\Logs\Installer\__Dated__Folder__\AdministrationService.Client

Configuration Wizard log

C:\ProgramData\Solarwinds\Logs\Orion\ConfigurationWizard.log

Nodes Wireless polling

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Collector\Logs\Plugins\SolarWinds.Node.Wireless.Snmp.log

Other Node Polling Plugins

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Collector\Logs\Plugins

Advanced Active Directory Settings

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\OrionWeb.log

Where i can see NCM Jobs activity in details ?

You can find the Logs under following location where you can check and track the NCM jobs activity if there is any Error there can be tracked.

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\NCM

NcmBusinessLayerPlugin

NCM.Collector.Jobs

Default location for CLI and Session Trace Logs

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\CLI\Session-Trace

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\CLI

Default Location for NCM ASA Polling

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\ASA

Default location for NCM vulnerability location

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\NCM\Vuln  

Default location for config archive

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\NCM\Config-Archive

NCM Compliance Policy Reports 
C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\NCM\NcmBusinessLayerPlugin.log

Issue with Orion Reports ?

C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\InformationService\v3.0\Orion.InformationService.log
C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\ActionsExecutionReport.log
C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\Orion\OrionWeb.log