Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for AIX (7.x) (HIT5208-96027, August 2012)

Log name Description Output destination
HDLM
configuration log
HDLM configuration log is an
operation log of the configuration
processing for the HDLM driver.
/var/DynamicLinkManager/
log/dlmconfig[1-2].log
#
When you want to configure the system so that HDLM messages are
output to syslog, specify user
for the facility in the /etc/syslog.conf
file. The following shows an example where the system function name is
user, and messages at the info level or higher are output to the /tmp/
syslog.user.log file:
user.info /tmp/syslog.user.log
For details on error levels, see
Filtering of error information on page 2-32.
Filtering
of error information
Errors detected by HDLM are classified into various error levels. The following
table lists and describes the error levels, in the order of most to least severe
to the system.
Table 2-8 Error levels
Error level Meaning
Level output in
syslog
Critical Fatal errors that may stop the system. err
Error Errors that adversely affect the system.
This type of error can be avoided by
performing a failover or other
countermeasures.
err
Warning Errors that enable the system to
continue but, if left, might cause the
system to improperly operate.
warning
Information Information that simply indicates the
operating history when the system is
operating normally.
info
Error information is filtered according to the error level, and then collected.
In syslog, the HDLM messages on or above the level set by the user
configured in /etc/syslog.conf are collected. It is recommended that you
set the Information to be output at the info level or higher.
The error information in error logs and trace files are collected based on a
user-defined collection level. The collection levels are as follows:
Collection levels for error logs
¢
Collects no error information.
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HDLM Functions
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