Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

Chapter
4
Logging commands and
transactions
This chapter provides information on how to administer logging of commands
and transactions in VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM). For information on how
to administer error logging, see “Error messages” on page 53.
Logging commands
The vxcmdlog command allows you to log the invocation of other VxVM
commands to a file. The following table demonstrates the usage of
vxcmdlog:
Command lines are logged to the file, cmdlog, in the directory /etc/vx/log.
This path name is a symbolic link to a directory whose location depends on the
operating system. If required, you can redefine the directory which is linked.
Table 4-1 Examples of vxcmdlog usage
Command Description
vxcmdlog -l List current settings for command logging.
vxcmdlog -m on Turn on command logging.
vxcmdlog -s 512k Set the maximum command log file size to
512K.
vxcmdlog -n 10 Set the maximum number of historic
command log files to 10.
vxcmdlog -n no_limit Remove any limit on the number of historic
command log files.
vxcmdlog -m off Turn off command logging.