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EMS Administration Guide

Configuring Logs settings

Configuring Logs settings

You can specify what level of log messages to capture in the logs for FortiClient EMS. You can also specify when to automatically delete logs and alerts.

  1. Go to System Settings > Logs.
  2. Configure the following options:

    Log level

    Select the level of messages to include in FortiClient EMS logs. For example, if you select Info, all log messages from Info to Emergency are added to the FortiClient EMS logs.

    Clear logs older than

    Enter the number of days that you want to store logs. For example, if you enter 30, EMS stores logs for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any logs older than 30 days.

    Clear alerts older than

    Enter the number of days that you want to keep alerts. For example, if you enter 30, EMS keeps alerts for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any alerts older than 30 days.

    Clear events older than

    Enter the number of daysthat you want to keep events. For example, if you enter 30, EMS keeps events for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any events older than 30 days.

    Clear Chromebook events older than

    Enter the number of days that you want to keep Chromebook events. For example, if you enter 30, EMS keeps Chromebook events for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any Chromebook events older than 30 days.

    Clear now

    Click to immediately delete all FortiClient EMS logs or alerts.

  3. Click Save.

Configuring Logs settings

You can specify what level of log messages to capture in the logs for FortiClient EMS. You can also specify when to automatically delete logs and alerts.

  1. Go to System Settings > Logs.
  2. Configure the following options:

    Log level

    Select the level of messages to include in FortiClient EMS logs. For example, if you select Info, all log messages from Info to Emergency are added to the FortiClient EMS logs.

    Clear logs older than

    Enter the number of days that you want to store logs. For example, if you enter 30, EMS stores logs for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any logs older than 30 days.

    Clear alerts older than

    Enter the number of days that you want to keep alerts. For example, if you enter 30, EMS keeps alerts for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any alerts older than 30 days.

    Clear events older than

    Enter the number of daysthat you want to keep events. For example, if you enter 30, EMS keeps events for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any events older than 30 days.

    Clear Chromebook events older than

    Enter the number of days that you want to keep Chromebook events. For example, if you enter 30, EMS keeps Chromebook events for 30 days. EMS automatically deletes any Chromebook events older than 30 days.

    Clear now

    Click to immediately delete all FortiClient EMS logs or alerts.

  3. Click Save.