The Sync log, located in the logs directory (<server-root>/logs/sync), provides useful troubleshooting information on the type of operation that was processed or completed. Most log entries provide the following common elements in their messages.

Sync log elements
Sync log element Description

category

Indicates the type of operation, which will always be SYNC.

severity

Indicates the severity type of the message: INFORMATION, MILD_WARNING, SEVERE_WARNING, MILD_ERROR, SEVERE_ ERROR, FATAL_ERROR, DEBUG, or NOTICE.

msgID

Specifies the unique ID number assigned to the message.

op

Specifies the operation number specific to PingDataSync.

changeNumber

Specifies the change number from the source server assigned to the modification.

replicationCSN

Specifies the replication change sequence number from the source server.

Note:

This only appears if the change on the source server was made through replication.

replicaID

Specifies the replica ID from the source server if there are multiple backend databases.

pipe

Specifies the Sync Pipe that was used for this operation.

msg

Displays the result of this operation.