View Event Server or MIP logs

You can view time-stamped information about Event Server activities in the Event Server log. Information about third party integrations is logged in the MIP log in a sub-folder in the Event Server folder.

1. In the notification area, right-click the Event Server Manager tray icon. A context-menu appears.
   
2. To view the 100 most recent lines in the Event Server log, click Show Event Server Logs. A log viewer appears.
   
   1. To view the log file, click Open log file.
   2. To open the log folder, click Open log folder.
3. To view the 100 most recent lines in the MIP log, go back to the context-menu and click Show MIP logs. A log viewer is displayed.

If someone removes the log files from the log directory, the menu items are grayed out. To open the log viewer, first you need to copy the log files back into one of these folders: C:\ProgramData\Milestone\XProtect Event Server\logs or C:\ProgramData\Milestone\XProtect Event Server\logs\MIPLogs.

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