The Blackboard Academic Suite generates a number of logs to help system Administrators with performance tuning, troubleshooting, and tracking. The Logs features are a quick way to manage logs through the interface. It is also possible to manage logs at the operating system level or through a third party tool.
Click Logs from the System Options section of the System Control Panel.
The following functions are available through the Logs page.
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email log files |
Send System Logs. The Send System Logs page will appear. |
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download log files |
Download Individual System Logs. The Download Individual System Logs page will appear. |
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configure log rotation |
Manage Log Rotation. The Manage Log Rotation page will appear. |
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check on a Course Cartridge import |
Cartridge Import Status. The Cartridge Import Status page will appear. |
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Check course copy status |
Course Copy Status. The Course Copy Status page will appear. |
All logs are stored in the logs directory under the top-level blackboard directory. Within the logs directory there are folders that store logs as well as an archive folder for logs that have been compressed and stored as a means of managing the size of the log files.