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A log is a chronological record of system activities that is necessary to enable the reconstruction and examination of the sequence of environments and activities surrounding or leading to an operation, procedure, or event from inception to results. All system logs (system, space, errors, access related) are stored on the root file system partition and are not accessible directly except through these services:
The system log file entries contain messages from the alerts feature, auto support reports, and general system messages. The log directory is /ddvar/log.
Log files can be bundled and sent to Dell Support to provide the detailed system information that aids in troubleshooting any system issues that might arise. The DD system log file entries contain information from the alerts feature, autosupport reports, bash scripts, and general system messages. Audit and secure logs are searchable by multiple parameters, such as username, string, and authentication failure and successes, including tenant units. Users who are assigned the tenant-admin role on tenant units can only see the logs for the tenant units that belong to them. The following figure shows the logs that are important to system security.