https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90965#M79351 <P>Log files are located at $FWDIR/log/ . Log files are named by the time they were closed (for example:&nbsp;2020-07-06_000000.log is closed just as the day begins so it actually contain logs from&nbsp;2020-07-05).</P> <P>Each log has a few related files you need to copy as well, copy all the files that are named the same as the log file but with different file extensions (such as&nbsp;.logptr ).</P> <P>If you're going to use them in the future you won't be able to see them in index mode and you'll need to either see the logs by opening a log file or re-indexing them.</P> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 07:33:49 GMT Amir_Senn 2020-07-09T07:33:49Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90905#M79350 <P>Hello all,</P><P>I want to secure the logfiles from the firewall (80.10) to a local computer / server.</P><P>What is the best method to copy those files as the smartconsole does not offer any options (as far as I am aware of) ?</P><P>Thanks in advance for your answers.</P><P>Cheers,</P><P>Jacco</P> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 14:05:40 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90905#M79350 Jaccoj 2020-07-08T14:05:40Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90965#M79351 <P>Log files are located at $FWDIR/log/ . Log files are named by the time they were closed (for example:&nbsp;2020-07-06_000000.log is closed just as the day begins so it actually contain logs from&nbsp;2020-07-05).</P> <P>Each log has a few related files you need to copy as well, copy all the files that are named the same as the log file but with different file extensions (such as&nbsp;.logptr ).</P> <P>If you're going to use them in the future you won't be able to see them in index mode and you'll need to either see the logs by opening a log file or re-indexing them.</P> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 07:33:49 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90965#M79351 Amir_Senn 2020-07-09T07:33:49Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90972#M79352 <P>Find details and references here:&nbsp;</P> <DIV><SPAN class="at-expanded-menu-page-url"><A href="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Logging-and-Reporting/Firewall-Log-Archive-and-Import-in-R80-10-R77-30/td-p/31526" target="_blank">https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Logging-and-Reporting/Firewall-Log-Archive-and-Import-in-R80-10-R77-30/td-p/31526</A></SPAN></DIV> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:37:45 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Copying-logfiles/m-p/90972#M79352 G_W_Albrecht 2020-07-09T08:37:45Z