User`s guide

Managing the OS Provisioning Server System Logs
The OS Provisioning Server log files are located in the /opt/FastScale/logs and /var/log directories.
You must monitor the space used and truncate the files if they begin to consume more disk space on the
server than you have space to store.
Directory File Name Description
/opt/FastScale/logs
fsadmin.err
Messages from the Apache Web
server.
fsadmin.log
Lists internal commands from the
Apache Web server.
FSjobd.log
Messages generated during the job
build process.
FSmesgd.log
Messages generated by the message
daemon.
FSnetfs.log
Messages from the FSnetfs service.
FSrepod.log
Messages generated by the
repository database server.
php.log
Messages from the php interpreter
used by the Web server and the jobs
build program.
stunnel.log
Messages generated by Stunnel
services for Stunnel services
communication between the OS
Provisioning Server and VCM.
/var/log
messages
Messages from dhcpd and tftpd
services generated during
hardware discovery and
operating system deployment
to target machines.
Table 3–2. Log File Locations
ospctrl Command Options
Use the ospctrl command-line options to configure your TFTPand Apache services with the OS
provisioning private IP address and to back up and restore the OS Provisioning Server repository and
distribution files.
Option Description
--help
Displays and describes the
ospctrl
options.
--showconfig
Displays the current state of the TFTP and Apache servers,
including the configured private IP address.
--configure --privateip
<IPAddress>
Configures the TFTP server and the Apache server with the
private provisioning network IP address.
--deconfigure
Resets the TFTP server and the Apache server to the default
values.
--backup --dirpath=/<path to
backup directory>
Backs up the repository and the OS distributions to the specified
--dirpath
location.
Table 3–3. ospctrl Command Options
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