Managing Serviceguard Sixteenth Edition, March 2009

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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. Also,
package-related messages are logged into the package log file. The package log file is
located in the package directory, by default. You can use a text editor, such as vi, or
the more command to view the log file for historical information on your cluster.
It is always a good idea to review the syslog.log file on each of the nodes in the
cluster when troubleshooting cluster problems.
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 System Administrator’s Guide 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 management protocols.
Dec 14 14:33:48 star04 cmcld[2048]: Attempting to form a new cluster
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 membership is:
star04(id=1) , star05(id=2), star06(id=3)
Dec 14 17:33:53 star04 cmlvmd[2049]: Clvmd initialized successfully.
Dec 14 14:34:44 star04 CM-CMD[2054]: cmrunpkg -v pkg5
Dec 14 14:34:44 star04 cmcld[2048]: Request from node star04 to start
package pkg5 on node star04.
Dec 14 14:34:44 star04 cmcld[2048]: Executing '/etc/cmcluster/pkg5/pkg5_run
start' for package pkg5.
Dec 14 14:34:45 star04 LVM[2066]: vgchange -a n /dev/vg02
Dec 14 14:34:45 star04 cmcld[2048]: Package pkg5 run script exited with
NO_RESTART.
Dec 14 14:34:45 star04 cmcld[2048]: Examine the file
/etc/cmcluster/pkg5/pkg5_run.log for more details.
The following is an example of a successful package starting:
Dec 14 14:39:27 star04 CM-CMD[2096]: cmruncl
Dec 14 14:39:27 star04 cmcld[2098]: Starting cluster management protocols.
Dec 14 14:39:27 star04 cmcld[2098]: Attempting to form a new cluster
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