Configure logging to a file

To configure logging to a file

In the console tree of ISA Server Management, click Monitoring.
In the details pane, click the Logging tab.
On the Tasks tab, select the appropriate task:
- Configure Firewall Logging. To configure the location of the Firewall log.
- Configure Web Proxy Logging. To configure the location of the Web Proxy log.
On the Log tab, click File.
(Optional) Click Options to confirm or modify the following parameters:
- ISALogs folder or This folder. To select the location of the log file.
- Compress log files. To compress the log file.
- Delete log files older than (days). Specify the number of days to keep log files before they are automatically deleted.

Notes

For more information about monitoring, logging, and reporting, see Monitoring, Logging, and Reporting Concepts in ISA Server 2006 at the Microsoft ISA Server TechCenter Web site (http://www.microsoft.com).
To open ISA Server Management, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft ISA Server, and then click ISA Server Management.
For ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition, expand Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006, expand Arrays, expand Array_Name, and then click Monitoring.
For ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition, expand Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006, expand Server_Name, and then click Monitoring.

Important

When you specify the log file folder location, you can specify an environment variable. For example, you can specify %logDirectory%. If the specified folder does not exist, ISA Server will warn you that the specified location is not valid and will try to create the folder. If ISA Server cannot create the folder, the service will be started.
When you move the log files to another folder or partition, you need to make sure that the Network Service account has at least read permissions from the root partition and any parent folder to the ISA Server log file folder. For the log file folder, the following permissions are required:
- Network Service: Full Control
- System: Full Control
- Administrators: Full Control
Compressing the log file decreases its size and reduces the amount of space it uses.
You may notice a decrease in performance when working with NTFS-compressed files. When you read from (access) a compressed file, Windows automatically decompresses it for you, and when you write to the file, Windows compresses it. This process may decrease your computer's performance.