SDL Tridion 2011 Logs *

Making one's way up and about SDL Tridion 2011, can be challenging at times.  After all, it is a complex and intricate array of systems, interfaces and services backed by a wide range of technologies.  At times it certainly feels like one must not fall short of being part wizard part genius to master all its parts from end to end.

As such however, one can discover a wealth of information if one knows where to look depending on context.

Here is a trail for most commonly used logs in case you're looking to shine a spotlight on a particular process.

Most logs can be turned on or off, rolled into multiple files and set with various levels (from debug to error) for more in-depth tracing of execution and events.

Tridion (windows event Log)	Tridion.evtx	Tridion CMS events, also visible in CMS, covers, CME, Search, Publishing, Templating, Extensions, Events, Services, System, AM synchronization (.NET)
Tridion Content Manager	tridion_cm.log	COM Events
Publisher	Tridion.ContentManager.Publisher.log	Publisher actions for transactions (resolve, render, publish)
Search-Lucene	yyyy_mm_dd.jetty.log yyyy_mm_dd.request.log
Tridion Content Manager (CD windows event log)	TridionContentManager.evtx	Content Delivery related events, JVM, services, paths + COM
Transport	cd_transport.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
	cd_monitor.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
	cd_core.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
Deployer	cd_deployer.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
Cache Channel Service	cd_deployer.yyyy-mm-dd.log,cd_core.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
WebDav	DefaultWebdavCartridge.log
Content Porter	ContentPorter.log, CP_Export.log, CP_Import.log	Step by step tracing of export and import, including discovery, resolving, dependencies, synchronization
Audience Manager	sync_audiencemanager.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log	Configurable in logback.xml
OutboundEmail	OutboundEmail.log Tridion Audience Manager.OEMailer.log Tridion Audience Manager.OESynchronizer.log Tridion Audience Manager.OETrigger.log	Configurable in OutboundEmail.xml (OutboundEmail.log)
SmartTarget	smarttarget.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
Archive Manager	Trace.log	tridion.logging.config
OME	tracking.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
UserInterface	cd_core.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
Purge Tool	purge_yyyymmdd_hhmmss.log	Timestamp, item uri, name, # of versions purged
Personalization and Profiling (WAI)	cd_core.yyyy-mm-dd.log	Configurable in logback.xml
Translation-TMS	TranslationManager yyyy-mm-dd.log	TranslationManager.xml
Media Manager Connector		Configurable in ExternalContentLibrary.xml
Device Emulator
Mobile Simulator
Sharepoint Connector	1. Document Library 2. WebParts	Configurable in 1. Tridion.SharePoint. TridionDocumentLibrary.log4net.config 2. Tridion.SharePoint. WebParts.log4net.config
EMC Documentum Connector	Tridion.evtx	Issues related to the Tridion Binary Event Synchronizer
ADAM Connector		Configurable in ExternalContentLibrary.xml
WebForms
CWA
Installations

Happy tracing!

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