MONITORING

The information in the log file
IBM® Lotus® Domino® logs activity in the log file (LOG.NSF). The information is not visible in the log file, but you can access the information in the file by writing an API program. For information about writing an API program to access this information, see the Lotus C API Toolkit for Notes/Domino. The toolkit is available for download; see "Additional documentation resources" in the related topics.

Note Activity logging records in the log file are hidden. The records you can see in the log file do not contain as much detail as activity logging records and are not updated as often as activity logging records. You can view activity logging information by running Activity Analysis.

You use the Domino Administrator to specify which types of activity to log. This table describes the types of activity you can log.
Activity typeWhat this logs
AgentWhen a Domino server runs scheduled agents, as well as the running time of the agents
HTTPWeb server requests
IMAPActivity generated during an IMAP session
LDAPActivity generated by all LDAP activity. Each type of LDAP activity generates a separate record. The types of LDAP activity include abandon, add, bind, compare, delete, extended, modify, modify distinguished name, search, and unbind.
MailActivity generated by mail and mail-related messages being routed to and from the server. The messages can come from a Domino server or an SMTP server.
Notes DatabaseWhen an IBM® Lotus® Notes® clients and Domino servers open, use, and close Notes databases and the duration of use.
Notes PassthruWhen users or servers connect through a Domino passthru connection, as well as the activity that is generated through that connection
Notes SessionWhen Notes clients and Domino servers acting as clients start and end sessions with a Domino server
POP3Activity generated during a POP3 session
ReplicaActivity generated by replication with another server or with a client
SMTPActivity generated during an SMTP session
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