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Log Collection Utilities

Enterprise Data Catalog provides utilities that you can use to collect logs from the Catalog Service, Informatica Cluster Service, and specific resources.
You can collect logs to analyze and troubleshoot issues related to services and resources if they do not work as expected. The utilities do not require you to stop the services or resources when the logs are collected.
After you run the utilities to collect the logs, make sure that you download the logs within 24 hours. The logs are removed from the directory after 24 hours. Also, if you recycle the Catalog Service after you run the REST APIs, the logs are removed from the directory.

Collect Enterprise Data Catalog Service Logs

You can collect Enterprise Data Catalog service logs to identify and troubleshoot issues related to Enterprise Data Catalog services. You can use the Collect Service Logs page to collect the service logs.
To collect service logs, perform the following steps:
  1. 1. Click Collect Service Logs on the left panel. The Collect Service Logs page appears.
  2. 2. From Select Logs, choose any of the following options for which you want to collect the logs:
    3. MONGO
    Collect MongoDB logs on data ingestion.
    SOLR
    Collects Apache Solr logs to troubleshoot issues with data asset search.
    NOMAD
    Collects logs related to the Nomad orchestration service and scan jobs.
    ZK
    Collects logs related to the Apache ZooKeeper service.
    POSTGRES
    Collects logs related to PostgreSQL database.
    SERVICE
    Collects logs related to the Catalog Service, Informatica Cluster Service, EBF history, and PhoneHome.
    ALL
    Collect logs for all the above listed items.
  3. 3. From the Start Date box, select the date from which you want to collect the service logs.
  4. 4. From the End Date box, select the date till which you want to collect the service logs.
  5. 5. Click Download. The Monitoring Job Details page appears from where you can download the log file.

Collect Resource Logs

You can collect specific resource Nomad logs and Data Integration logs for profiling to identify and troubleshoot issues related to resources. You can use the Collect Resource Logs page to collect the logs.
To collect resource logs, perform the following steps:
  1. 1. Click Collect Resource Logs on the left panel. The Collect Resource Logs page appears.
  2. 2. Select SCANNER, PROFILING, or both the options to collect the logs.
  3. 3. From the Start Date box, select the date from which you want to collect the logs for the resource.
  4. 4. In the Resource box, click Add item to specify the names of the resources for which you want to collect the log files.
  5. 5. Click Download. The Monitoring Job Details page appears from where you can download the log file.
After you download and extract the log files, the resource log files appear in the <resource name> directory in the Informatica logs directory.
Note: If there are no resources corresponding to the resource name that you specified, the resource log collection job fails. Click Log Location to download the log file.