Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide Guide (September 2006)

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Logging error messages
If syslog output is enabled, messages with a priority higher than Debug are written to /
var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.
To enable logging of debug output to the default debug log file, /var/adm/configd.log,
edit the startup script for
vxconfigd as described in “Configuring logging in the startup
script” on page 54, or use the following command:
# vxdctl debug level [pathname]
There are 10 possible levels of debug logging with the values 0 through 9. Level 1
provides the least detail, and 9 the most. Level 0 turns off logging. If a path name is
specified, this file is used to record the debug output instead of the default debug log file.
If the
vxdctl debug command is used, the new debug logging level and debug log file
remain in effect until the VxVM configuration daemon,
vxconfigd, is next restarted.
Configuring logging in the startup script
To enable log file or syslog logging on a permanent basis, you can edit the following
portion of the /sbin/init.d/vxvm-sysboot script that starts the VxVM
configuration daemon,
vxconfigd:
# comment-out or uncomment any of the following lines to enable or
disable the corresponding feature in vxconfigd.
opts=”$opts -x syslog”
# use syslog for console messages
#opts=”$opts -x log”
# messages to vxconfigd.log
#opts=”$opts -x logfile=/foo/bar” # specify an alternate log file
#opts=”$opts -x timestamp”
# timestamp console messages
# To turn on debugging console output, uncomment the following line.
# The debug level can be set higher for more output. The highest
# debug level is 9.
#debug=1
# enable debugging console output
Comment or uncomment the lines corresponding to the features that you want to be
disabled or enabled at startup.
For example, the opts=”$opts -x syslog” string is usually uncommented so that
vxconfigd uses syslog logging by default. Inserting a # character at the beginning of
the line turns off
syslog logging for vxconfigd.