Event log entries

Log entries that are forwarded to a destination are formatted in a way appropriate for the specific destination whether it be recorded to a file or sent as an SNMP trap, but log event entries have common elements or properties. All application generated events have the following properties:

A time stamp in UTC or local time.
The generating application.
A unique event ID within the application.
A router name identifying the router instance that generated the event.
A subject identifying the affected object.
A short text description.

The general format for an event in an event log with either a memory, console or file destination is as follows.

nnnn <time> TZONE <severity>: <application> #<event-id> <vrtr-name> <subject> 
<message>

The following is an event log example:

252 2013/05/07 16:21:00.761 UTC WARNING: SNMP #2005 Base my-interface-abc
"Interface my-interface-abc is operational"

The specific elements that compose the general format are described in Table: Log entry field descriptions.

Table: Log entry field descriptions
Label	Description
nnnn	The log entry sequence number.
<time>	YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS.SSS
YYYY/MM/DD	The UTC date stamp for the log entry: YYYY: Year MM: Month DD: Date
HH:MM:SS.SSS	The UTC time stamp for the event: HH: Hours (24 hour format) MM: Minutes SS.SSS: Seconds
TZONE	The timezone (for example, UTC, EDT) as configured by configure log log-id `x` time-format.
<severity>	The severity levels of the event: CLEARED: a cleared event (severity number 1) INFO: an indeterminate/informational severity event (severity level 2) CRITICAL: a critical severity event (severity level 3) MAJOR: a major severity event (severity level 4) MINOR: a minor severity event (severity level 5) WARNING: a warning severity event (severity 6)
<application>	The application generating the log message.
<event-id>	The application’s event ID number for the event.
<vrtr-name>	The router name (vrtr-name, for example, vprn101 or Base), in a format used by the logging system, representing the router instance that generated the event.
<subject>	The subject/affected object for the event.
<message>	A text description of the event.