Reviewing System Alerts and Messages

About this task

You can examine system alerts by scrolling through the Alerts panel of the Historian Administrator System Statistics screen or by examining the Message Search screen for more detail. Refer to Searching for Messages for detailed instructions. You can diagnose most operating problems by examining the archiver LOG file.

You may also find the Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 Event Viewer to be useful in diagnosing a problem. To open the Event Viewer, use the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. Launch search.
    • In Windows XP, on the Start menu, click Run.
    • In Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7, click the Windows Start button and click inside the Start Search field.
  2. Type eventvwr.msc and click OK.
    The Event Viewer window appears.
  3. Highlight an item.
    A window appears with an explanation of the event.
  4. Click Previous or Next to step through the messages.