NETBACKUP Process flow Created by William Jansen van

NETBACKUP Process flow Created by William Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen

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Logging Log locations • All unified logs are written to the /usr/openv/logs directory (UNIX) and the install_pathNet. Backuplogs folder (Windows). Unlike legacy logging, you do not need to create logging subdirectories. Log files for originator IDs are written to a subdirectory with the name specified in the log configuration file. Changing log file locations • The unified logging files can consume a lot of disk space. You can direct them to a different location, if needed.

Unified Logging file name format Unified logging uses a standardized naming format for log files, as follows: • product. ID-originator. ID-host. ID-date-rotation. log The following shows the meaning of each of the variables in the log file name: • product ID - Identifies the product. The Net. Backup product ID is 51216. • originator. ID - Identifies the log writing entity, such as a process, service, script, or other software. • host. ID - Identifies the host that created the log file. Unless the file was moved, this ID is the host where the log resides. • date - Shows when the log was written, in YYMMDD format. • rotation - A numbered instance of a log file for a given originator. This numbering is used for log file rotation.

EXAMPLE

Vxlogview Command Use this command to view the logs that unified logging creates. These logs are stored in subdirectories in /usr/openv/logs on UNIX or install_pathlogs on Windows. Unlike the files that are written in legacy logging, you cannot view unified logging files with a text editor. The unified logging files are in binary format, and some of the information is contained in an associated resource file. Only the vxlogview command can assemble and display the log information correctly. You can use vxlogview to view Net. Backup log files as well as PBX log files. To view PBX logs using the vxlogview command, do the following: • Ensure that you are an authorized user. For UNIX and Linux, you must have root privileges. For Windows, you must have Administrator privileges. • Specify the PBX product ID by entering -p 50936 as a parameter on the vxlogview command line.

Log View Examples – Part I