Managing Serviceguard 11th Edition, Version A.11.16, Second Printing June 2004

Troubleshooting Your Cluster
Troubleshooting Approaches
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Reviewing the System Log File
Messages from the Cluster Manager and Package Manager are written
to the system log file. The default location of the log file is
/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log. You can use a text editor, such as vi, or
the more command to view the log file for historical information on your
cluster.
This log provides information on the following:
• Commands executed and their outcome.
• Major cluster events which may, or may not, be errors.
• Cluster status information.
NOTE Many other products running on HP-UX in addition to Serviceguard use
the syslog.log file to save messages. The HP-UX Managing Systems and
Workgroups manual provides additional information on using the system
log.
Sample System Log Entries
The following entries from the file /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log show
a package that failed to run due to a problem in the pkg5_run script. You
would look at the pkg5_run.log for details.
Dec 14 14:33:48 star04 cmcld[2048]: Starting cluster managemen
t protocols.
Dec 14 14:33:48 star04 cmcld[2048]: Attempting to form a new c
luster
Dec 14 14:33:53 star04 cmcld[2048]: 3 nodes have formed a new
cluster
Dec 14 14:33:53 star04 cmcld[2048]: The new active cluster mem
bership is:
star04(id=1) , star05(id=2), star06(id=3)