fw repairlog

Description

Check Point Security log and Audit log files are databases, with special pointer files. If these log pointer files become corrupted (which causes the inability to read the log file), this command can rebuild them:

Log File	Pointer Files	Description
`$FWDIR/log/*.log`	`.logptr` `.logaccount_ptr` `.loginitial_ptr` `.logLuuidDB`	Security log
`$FWDIR/log/*.adtlog`	`.adtlogptr` `.adtlogaccount_ptr` `.adtloginitial_ptr` `.adtlogLuuidDB`	Audit log

Log File

Pointer Files

Description

$FWDIR/log/*.log

*.logptr

*.logaccount_ptr

*.loginitial_ptr

*.logLuuidDB

Security log

$FWDIR/log/*.adtlog

*.adtlogptr

*.adtlogaccount_ptr

*.adtloginitial_ptr

*.adtlogLuuidDB

Audit log

Syntax

fw repairlog [-u] <Name of Log File>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`-u`	Specifies to rebuild the unification chains in the log file.
`<`Name of Log File`>`	The name of the log file to repair.

Example

fw repairlog -u 2018-06-17_000000.adtlog