Reviewing the VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) Error Message Logs

VCS has two error message logs that can be viewed to monitor system performance: the engine log and the agent log. Log file names are appended by letters. Letter ”r;A” indicates the first log file, ”r;B” the second, ”r;C” the third, and so on.

Both logs use the following tags to indicate the seriousness of errors:

The logs can be viewed using any text editor.

Engine Log

The engine log is located at /var/VRTSvcs/log/engine_A.log.

The format of an engine log messages is:

TAG | Date (yy/mm/dd) | Time | Product | Message ID | Message

The following is a typical engine log entry:

TAG_C 2001/12/03 18:54:58 VCS:10075:building from remote system.

Agent Log

The agent log is located at $VCS_HOME/log/agent_A.log. The format of agent log messages is:

TAG | Date (yy/mm/dd) | Time | Product | Message ID | Agent Type |Resource Name | Entry Point | Message

The following is a typical agent log entry:

TAG_C 2001/12/03 19:40:01 VCS:254001:Oracle:oracle1:online:One or more attributes contain invalid values.

All tag entries are written to the engine and agent logs. Tag A and B entries are also written to the system log, which can be viewed at _____________.

See these topics:

VCS Monitoring and Status Commands

Common VCS Commands

VCS Environmental Variables

Preserving Cartridges