An agent log message consists of five fields. The format of the message is:

<Timestamp> <Mnemonic> <Severity> <UMI> <MessageText>

The following is an example message, of severity ERROR, generated by the FileOnOff agent's online entry point. The message is generated when the agent attempts to bring online a resource, a file named "MyFile":

Sep 26 2010 11:32:56 VCS ERROR V-16-2001-14001
FileOnOff:MyFile:online:Resource could not be brought up
because,the attempt to create the file (filename) failed
with error (Is a Directory)

The first four fields of the message above consists of the timestamp, an uppercase mnemonic that represents the component, the severity, and the UMI (unique message ID). The subsequent lines contain the message text.