The Manager Watchdog logs all controlled activities in a log file. For Windows-based Manager, log files can be found at <Manager_Install_Dir>\logs\wdout_<time stamp>.log
Note
The default installation path for Windows-based Manager is
%programfiles%\Trellix\IPS Manager\App.
A sample log file entry follows:
Sample Manager Watchdog Log
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Restarting server at Mon Jun 09 14:48:53 GMT+05:30 2022
SERVER STDOUT: The Trellix IPS Manager Service is starting.
SERVER STDOUT: The Trellix IPS Manager Service was started successfully.
SERVER STDOUT:
SERVER STDOUT:
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If the Manager Watchdog fails after five attempts to restart Manager, the following line appears in the log file:
SERVER STDOUT: Failed to restart Manager after five attempts. Exiting. [kl]
For Linux-based Manager, log files can be found by executing show log file wdout_<time stamp>.log command.