Distributed Systems Administration Utilities User's Guide

3.3.1.2 Configuring a Serviceguard Cluster as a Log Consolidation Server with
clog_wizard................................................................................................................................49
3.3.1.3 Cluster Configuration Notes for clog..............................................................................52
3.3.1.4 Serviceguard Automation Features................................................................................52
3.3.1.5 Minimizing Message Loss During Failover....................................................................53
3.3.1.6 Configuring a Log Forwarding Client Using clog_wizard.............................................54
3.3.2 Manually Configuring Log Consolidation..............................................................................56
3.3.2.1 Manually Configuring a Standalone Log Consolidation Server.....................................56
3.3.2.2 Manually Configuring a Serviceguard Cluster as a Log Consolidation Server.............59
3.3.2.2.1 Creating the clog Package.......................................................................................63
3.3.2.2.2 Testing and Starting the clog Package.....................................................................65
3.3.2.2.3 Using VxVM Instead of LVM..................................................................................66
3.3.2.3 Manually Configuring Log Forwarding Clients.............................................................66
3.3.2.3.1 Manually Configuring a Standalone Log Forwarding Client.................................66
3.3.2.3.2 Manually Configuring a Serviceguard Cluster as a Log Forwarding Client..........68
3.3.2.3.3 Forwarding ASCII Log Data...................................................................................72
3.3.2.4 Consolidating Package Logs on the Log Consolidation Server......................................74
3.4 Disabling Log Consolidation...........................................................................................................75
3.4.1 Disabling a Standalone Log Consolidation System................................................................75
3.4.2 Disabling a Serviceguard Cluster Log Consolidation System................................................76
3.4.3 Disabling a Standalone Log Forwarding Client......................................................................76
3.4.4 Disabling a Serviceguard Cluster Log Forwarding Client......................................................77
3.5 Securing Consolidated Logs............................................................................................................78
3.5.1 Log File Protections.................................................................................................................78
3.5.2 ssh Port Forwarding................................................................................................................78
3.5.2.1 ssh Port Forwarding to a Serviceguard Cluster Log Consolidator.................................78
3.5.3 clog Network Port Usage........................................................................................................79
3.5.4 Using Bastille to Harden the System.......................................................................................79
3.6 Viewing System and Consolidated Logs.........................................................................................80
3.6.1 Starting System Management Homepage...............................................................................80
3.6.2 Using the System and Consolidated Log Viewer....................................................................80
4 Command Fanout.........................................................................................................83
4.1 Parallel Distributed Shell.................................................................................................................83
4.2 pdsh Utility Wrappers.....................................................................................................................84
4.3 Security Configuration....................................................................................................................85
4.3.1 Remote Shell Security Setup....................................................................................................85
4.3.2 ssh Security Setup....................................................................................................................85
4.3.3 Security Notes.........................................................................................................................85
4.4 Command Fanout Troubleshooting................................................................................................86
A HP-Supported Open Source pdsh Options...............................................................87
Index.................................................................................................................................89
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