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Monitoring log files

Various Double-Take Backup components, for example the Double-Take service and the Double-Take Backup console, generate a log file to gather alerts, which are notification, warning, and error messages. The log files are written to disk.

Log File Description
livewire.log This log records basic processing from the Double-Take Backup console. It can be found in the Double-Take Backup installation directory where the console is being run. This log contains informational messages only.
livewire_debug.log This log records detailed processing from the Double-Take Backup console. It can be found in the Double-Take Backup installation directory where the console is being run.
jobmgr.log This log records detailed processing from the Double-Take Backup servers. It can be found in the Double-Take Backup installation directory on the repository or recovery server.
JobName.log This log records virtual server provisioning processing when recovering to provisioned virtual machines. The file name is based on the name of the job. It can be found in the \VRA\logs directory under the Double-Take Backup installation directory on the repository or recovery server.
dtlogX.dtl This log contains information from the Double-Take service. The letter X in the file name represents a series number, for example dtlog1.dtl, dtlog2.dtl, dtlog3.dtl, and so on. It can be found in the Double-Take Backup installation directory on the Double-Take Backup servers.

TDAgent-Default.log

TDMsgSvr.log

TDRepSvr.log

These three log files record detailed processing for TimeData continuous data protection. They can be found in the \TimeData\logs directory under the Double-Take Backup installation directory on the repository.

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