Monitoring the Domino log

The Domino® log database records information about all server activities, such as database size and usage, server events, calls made to and from the server, and billing for server services.

The Domino log is only available from the Sametime® Administration Tool. If you record Sametime log information in a text file, the text file does not include information about the Domino log.

A administrator can view additional information about the Sametime server in the Domino log database (log.nsf). The Domino log database records server activity information related to the Domino server and Domino databases, including databases used by the Sametime server. During setup, the Domino log database is automatically created and the server is assigned Manager access in the database's Access Control List (ACL). The default access for all other users is Reader.

Check the Domino log to monitor the following statistics:

Available server disk space
Available server memory
Server load
Server performance
Databases that need maintenance

To access the Domino log, open the Sametime Administration Tool and click Logging > Domino Log.

Content of the Domino log

The administrator cannot use the Sametime log settings or the Sametime Administration Tool options to determine what appears in the Domino log. The Domino log records information about the activities of the Domino server on which Sametime is installed. Generally, the default settings should provide an adequate record of server activity. However, you can record additional information in this log file by altering settings in the Notes.ini file. Recording this additional information might be necessary to troubleshoot a specific system problem.

Views in the Domino log

The Domino log includes many views that do not apply to Sametime. Use the table to determine which views are relevant for Sametime.

Table 1. Views available in the Domino log
View	Description
Database-Sizes	Lists the size of the database, the percentage of the database's disk space in use, and the weekly usage for all databases on the server. Use this view to check unused views, database size, and unused space in a database.
Database-Usage	Lists the date and time the database was accessed, the type of access, and the name of the user accessing the database for all databases on the server. Use this view to check unused views and unused space in a database.
Mail Routing Events	Not used by the Sametime server.
Miscellaneous Events	Shows Sametime events and error messages not contained in other views. Messages are sorted in order of occurrence. Use this view to check for Sametime error messages, server crashes, and corrupted databases.
NNTP Events	Not used by the Sametime server.
Object Store Usage	Not used by the Sametime server.
Passthru Connections	Not used by the Sametime server.
Phone Calls-By Date	Not used by the Sametime server.
Phone Calls-By User	Not used by the Sametime server.
Replication Events	Not used by the Sametime server.
Sample Billing	Shows the same information provided in the Usage views, but the information is not categorized. The information in this view can be easily exported to a spreadsheet. Use this view for billing purposes, such as network usage, and database usage.
Usage-By Date	Shows Sametime user transactions sorted by date. Transactions are operations such as Session Activity. Each record lists the date and time of the transaction, the user name, the minutes of usage, the number of read operations, the number of write operations, the size of the database, and the total number of transactions. Use this view to check database use on a specific date and users' transactions with the server.
Usage-By User	Shows Sametime user transactions by user name. Transactions are operations such as starting meetings, attending meetings, opening documents, and updating a document. Each record lists the user name, the date and time of the transaction, the minutes of usage, the number of read operations, the number of write operations, the size of the database, and the total number of transactions. Use this view to check a particular user's transactions on a database.