HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X System Error Messages Reference Guide (AA-RVHGC-TE, September 2005)

XPath OS 7.4.x system error messages reference guide 19
Configuring syslogd
To route messages to a remote host, you need to configure the remote host and enable syslogd on the MP
Router.
Configuring syslogd on the remote host
To route messages to a remote host, you need to configure the remote host and enable syslogd on the MP
Router.
The syslogd configuration on the UNIX host provides the syslogd daemon with instructions on processing
different messages it receives from the fabric application platform. The following two examples show
entries in the syslog configuration file, /etc/syslog.conf, that store fabric application platform error
log messages. See the syslog-related manual pages on your UNIX system for full documentation of the
syslogd configuration file.
The following entry in /etc/syslog.conf causes all Warning, Error, Critical, and Panic messages from
the fabric application platform of UNIX priority warning or higher to be stored in the file
/var/log/messages:
The following entry in /etc/syslog.conf causes all messages from the fabric application platform to
be stored in the file /var/log/messages:
The kern prefix identifies the use of the kernel syslogd facility to dispatch error log messages to the
syslogd daemon. The placement of entries is critical to this function.
Enabling syslogd on the MP Router
This procedure explains how to configure the MP Router to dispatch error log messages to a remote
syslogd host:
1. Log in to the MP Router as admin.
2. Issue the syslogdipAdd command with the following syntax:
fabricAP:admin>syslogdipAdd IP_address_of_the_remote_syslogd_host
3. Verify that the IP address was entered correctly, using the syslogdipShow command.
The following example shows how to configure the MP Router to dispatch error log messages to a
remote syslogd host whose IP address is 123.123.123.123:
Disabling syslogd on the MP Router
To disable the sending of error log messages to a previously enabled remote syslogd host:
1. Log in to the MP Router as admin.
2. Issue the syslogdipRemove command with the following syntax:
fabricAP:admin>syslogdipRemove IP_address_of_the_remote_syslogd_host
errShow Displays messages from the error log.
errClear Clears messages from the error log.
Table 7 Syslogd configuration commands (continued)
Command Summary
kern.warning /var/log/messages
kern.debug /var/log/messages
fabricAP:admin> syslogdipAdd 123.123.123.123
fabricAP:admin> syslogdipShow
syslog.IP.address.1 123.123.123.123