Configuring the Log

The Logging tab in the View > Options dialog specifies the settings for configuring the Global VPN Client Log behavior.

The following provides information on the options:

• Maximum number of log messages to keep ‐ Specifies the maximum number of log messages kept in the log file.
• Log ISAKMP header information ‐ Enables the logging of ISAKMP header information.
• Log dead peer detection packets ‐ Enables the logging of dead peer detection packets.
• Log NAT keep‐alive packets ‐ Enables the logging of NAT keep‐alive packets.
• Enable automatic logging of messages to file ‐ Enables automatic logging of messages to a file as specified in the Auto‐Logging window.
• Settings ‐ Displays the Auto‐Logging dialog.

To configure the Auto-Logging feature

1. Click on the Settings button to display the Auto‐Logging dialog and specify settings to automatically log messages to a text file.

   

2. Enter the name of the auto‐log file to designate where to save the log messages. Click on the Browse button to navigate to the location of your auto‐log file. If only a file name is specified (no path is given in the file name), the log file is created in the user’s TEMP directory.

3. Click on the View Auto‐Log File button to display up to 71,000 lines of the log file.

4. Select Overwrite existing file when auto‐logging startsto overwrite the existing auto‐log file when auto‐logging is started.

5. Select Set size limit on auto‐log fileto limit the maximum size of the log file.

   1. Input the Maximum auto‐log file size in KB or MB.

   2. Select one of the following actions to take when the auto-log file limit is reached.

      • Ask me what to do ‐ When the log file reaches the maximum size, the system prompts you to choose either Stop auto‐logging or Overwrite auto‐log file.
      • Stop auto‐logging ‐ Stops auto‐logging when the maximum file size is reached.
      • Overwrite auto‐log file ‐ Overwrites the existing auto‐log file after the maximum file size is reached.