Log Harvester supports retrieval, archival, and analysis of harvested log files stored on Secure Access Link (SAL) Agent-enabled hosts or elements. SAL communicates between the Log Harvesting Agent and the Logging Service.

To harvest log files, you create a unique Harvest Profile that contains a specific type of harvest criteria. You can use this profile anytime for logs that require the particular set of harvesting requirements. Each time you run the saved profile, a new version of the archive is created, based on the selected profile criteria. The collected logs are compressed into a single archive and stored on System Manager. Archives are rotated based on the number of files and age.

You can specify the host machine from which logs files must be collected and which log files to collect.

Log Harvester provides a log viewer to view and analyze log files related to the profile. The log viewer has browse and search features for troubleshooting and diagnosing problems.