Log files meaning

[helenio.sartori]

Hello,

With command tail I can read log from PAN FW. ...

questions :

what's difference between mp-log and dp-log ?

what does the mp-log files below contain/mean (i.e ha_agent.log is for ha system) ?

appWeb.log.old                masterd_manager-infra.log
brdagent.log                  mgmt_fb.log
captive_portal.log            mp-monitor.log
chasd.log                     ms.log
dataplane-console-output.log  pan_bc_download.log
devsrv.log                    pan_url_download.log
dhcpd.log                     paninstaller_content.log
ehmon.log                     panlogs-partition.log
ha_agent.log                  pdtrc.log
ikemgr.log                    rasmgr.log
indexgen.log                  routed.log
ipstrc.bak                    sslmgr.log
ipstrc.log                    sslvpn-access.log
keymgr.log                    sslvpn.log
logrcvr.log                   sysd.log
masterd.log                   sysdagent.log
masterd_core.log              tdb_precompile.log
masterd_detail.log            varrcvr.log
?What are the most inportant for troubleshooting ?

appWeb.log                    masterd_manager-apps.log
appWeb.log.old                masterd_manager-infra.log
brdagent.log                  mgmt_fb.log
captive_portal.log            mp-monitor.log
chasd.log                     ms.log
dataplane-console-output.log  pan_bc_download.log
devsrv.log                    pan_url_download.log
dhcpd.log                     paninstaller_content.log
ehmon.log                     panlogs-partition.log
ha_agent.log                  pdtrc.log
ikemgr.log                    rasmgr.log
indexgen.log                  routed.log
ipstrc.bak                    sslmgr.log
ipstrc.log                    sslvpn-access.log
keymgr.log                    sslvpn.log
logrcvr.log                   sysd.log
masterd.log                   sysdagent.log
masterd_core.log              tdb_precompile.log
masterd_detail.log            varrcvr.log

...

[nrice]

Helenio,

The mp-logs contain management- plane files recording information pertaining to the management of the device.  The db-logs contain the data-plane files which pertain to the actual user data information - sessions, policies, filtering etc.  The Logs found under the Montior tab in the Web UI are the most commonly used to troubleshoot.  From the CLI, these appear under the command show log.  Generally the logs you were questioning are used by our engineering department for in depth troubleshooting and are not used as normal steps in the troubleshooting process.