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Syslog
Messages
Syslog messages are sent to a logging facility to inform a
system administrator of important system conditions, to record
additional information about these conditions, or to record the
occurrence of an event. Each message has an associated priority
that determines how the logging facility processes the message.
Console messages are viewed from a shell window on the
FileServ system console.
Because certain unsolicited messages are not passed to FileServ
for display at the FileServ system console, ADIC recommends
that the host
syslog monitor be displayed from the FileServ
system console.
Extract Syslog
Messages
The
fsextlog command extracts information from any of the
standard UNIX syslog files.
The information is returned to
stdout. All information in the
specified log is extracted by default. The time range (-t) option
extracts information stored in the log only over the specified
time period.
Log File
Maintenance
The script
newfslog retains copies of syslogs messages. The
script increments each message by adding an extension to each
message; *.0, *.1, … Seven messages are retained by default;
however, the script can be modified to retain more messages
based on the sites need. The script is executed by the
cron
process.
Note
For more information on the fsextlog command, refer to the
Command Reference book.