Contents
In a previous post, Get the Real SharePoint Error using the ULS Logs, I explained how to find the necessary information in the ULS log files to help determine the cause of an error. My process involved logging into your farm servers and searching the ULS log files for the correlation ID that is supplied with the error SharePoint gives you.
Steps to access the search crawl log in SharePoint 2013: Verify whether you’re an administrator for the Search service application. In Central Administration, in the Quick Launch, click Application Management. On the Application Management page, under Service Applications, click Manage service applications.
How to get the ULS log with the exception?
With the Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet, you solve the problem of figuring out which server has the log with the exception because this cmdlet reaches out and collects the ULS logs from all the servers in the farm! You can then review the log file to see the events as they happened in the order they happened on the server that they happened.
Crawl the default non ssl zone and let AAM handle the translation. This works but really only masks the issue with your certificates. It is always preferable to get the certificates right from the start. Check if your SSL-Certificate is placed in CentralAdmin -> Security -> Manage Trust.
Where can I find the ULS error message?
Since you know how to reproduce the error, you can use a tool called “ULS Viewer” to find the corresponding error message. You can download the ULS Viewer from the Microsoft Download Center. Open the ULS Viewer on a SharePoint server and hit the play button on the top next to the open button.
Where can I download the ULS viewer for SharePoint?
You can download the ULS Viewer from the Microsoft Download Center. Open the ULS Viewer on a SharePoint server and hit the play button on the top next to the open button. Or just hit CTRL +U. ULS Viewer main screen. To monitor ULS logs from multiple servers at once, hit the button next to the play button (looks like a computer network).
How does the log level affect the ULS log?
The log level determines how much information is logged to the ULS log. Often the default configuration is enough. But if not, then you can configure the ULS log to show more information like database calls or permission mask checks. To configure the ULS log level through the UI, log in to a SharePoint server and open up the Central Admin.