nfslog.conf.4 (2010 09)

nfslog.conf(4) nfslog.conf(4)

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Using the global Tag

The global tag may be modiﬁed so that all exported ﬁle systems that enabled logging use a common set

of parameters that conform to the speciﬁc needs of the user. These values are used until a speciﬁc tag

identiﬁer overrides them.

global defaultdir=/var/nfs log=logs/nfslog fhtable=tables/fhtable \

buffer=buffers/nfslog_workbuffer logformat=basic

Example 2: Overriding the Global defaultdir and logformat

Because log ﬁles can become very large, it may be desirable to store the log and work ﬁles in separate ﬁle

systems. This can be easily accomplished by simply specifying a different

defaultdir for every ﬁle sys-

tem exported by means of a unique tag:

engineering defaultdir=/engineering/logging logformat=extended

accounting defaultdir=/accounting/logging

marketing defaultdir=/marketing/logging

File systems shared with the engineering identiﬁer will have their log and work ﬁles located in

/engineering/logging

. For instance, the log ﬁle will be located at

/engineering/logging/logs/nfslog

. Note that the engineering log ﬁle will be stored in the

extended format, while the rest of the log ﬁles will remain in the basic format.

Any of the parameters can be updated in a tag identiﬁer, which overrides the global settings.