Logging Laserfiche Server Activity

The Performance console provides the option to either view data in real-time or to log the information for future viewing. Logging Laserfiche Server activity allows you to view trends over a specified time period. For example, if you decide to log licensing usage, you will be able to view licensing usage statistics (e.g., average, minimum, and maximum license usage) over a given period of time. In turn, this will help you when planning your organization's licensing needs.

Note: Previously logged information can be viewed at any time from the Performance console by changing the data source to log files and adding the desired log files. This can be done from the Source tab of the System Monitor Properties dialog box.

There are a variety of formats in which logged information can be stored. The following steps allow you to log Laserfiche Server activity using the default log format (i.e., binary log files). See the documentation provided with the Performance console to find out the available alternatives.

To log Laserfiche Server activity

1. Start the Performance console by double-clicking it from Administrative Tools, available from the Control Panel.
2. From the tree, expand Performance Logs and Alerts.
3. Select Counter Logs.
4. From the Action menu, select New Log Settings. The New Log Settings dialog box will appear.
5. In the Name option, enter a name for the counter log being created.
6. Click OK. A dialog box will appear showing counter log settings.
7. Click Add Counters. The Add Counters dialog box will appear.
8. The Select counters from computer option should be selected and set to the computer hosting the Laserfiche Server. The computer name is specified in UNC (i.e., \\ComputerName).
9. Do one of the following:
• To monitor connections or licenses in use, select the "Laserfiche Server" item under the Performance objects option.
• To monitor repository-specific information, select the "Laserfiche Repositories" item under the Performance objects option. 
• To monitor information about the Full Text Search service, select the "LFFTS Server" item under the Performance objects option.
• To monitor information about the Full Text Search for a single repository, select the "LFFTS Catalog" item under the Performance objects option.
10. Do one of the following:
• To monitor all counters for the selected performance object, select the All counters option.
• To monitor a specific counter, select the Select counters from list option and select the desired counter.
11. If you previously selected the Laserfiche Server performance object, you should skip to the next step. If you selected the Laserfiche Repositories performance object, you will have additional options available. Select the Select instances from list option. Do one of the following:
• To monitor the selected counter on all Laserfiche repositories, select the "_Total" item from the list.
• To monitor the selected counter on a specific Laserfiche repository, select the Laserfiche repository from the list.
12. Click Add.
13. Repeat steps 9 – 12 to log an additional counter, .
14. When finished, click Close.
15. To monitor Laserfiche Server activity from a computer other than the one hosting the Laserfiche Server, see the documentation provided with the Performance console to learn the required permissions. Specify an authorized Windows account and password in the Run as option.
16. Click OK. The newly created counter log will appear. The status for the counter log should be started.