Veritas NetBackup™ Logging Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (8.0)
  1. Using logs
    1.  
      About logs
    2.  
      About UNIX system logs
    3.  
      About log retention in NetBackup
    4.  
      About limiting the size of unified and legacy logs
    5. About unified logging
      1.  
        Gathering unified logs for NetBackup
      2.  
        Types of unified logging messages
      3.  
        File name format for unified logging
      4.  
        Originator IDs for the entities that use unified logging
      5.  
        About changing the location of unified log files
      6.  
        About rolling over unified log files
      7.  
        About recycling unified log files
      8.  
        About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
      9.  
        About query strings used with the vxlogview command
      10.  
        Examples of using vxlogview to view unified logs
      11.  
        Examples of using vxlogmgr to manage unified logs
      12.  
        Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs
    6. About legacy logging
      1.  
        UNIX client processes that use legacy logging
      2.  
        PC client processes that use legacy logging
      3.  
        File name format for legacy logging
      4.  
        Directory names for legacy debug logs for servers
      5.  
        Directory names for legacy debug logs for media and device management
      6.  
        How to control the amount of information written to legacy logging files
      7.  
        About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs
      8.  
        Configuring the legacy log rotation
    7. About global logging levels
      1.  
        Changing the logging level
      2.  
        Changing the logging level on Windows clients
      3.  
        Setting Media Manager debug logging to a higher level
    8.  
      Setting retention limits for logs on clients
    9.  
      Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer
    10. Troubleshooting error messages in the NetBackup Administration Console
      1.  
        About extra disk space required for logs and temporary files
      2.  
        Enabling detailed debug logging
  2. Backup process and logging
    1.  
      Backup process
    2. NetBackup process descriptions
      1.  
        Backup and restore startup process
      2.  
        Backup and archive processes
      3.  
        Backups and archives - UNIX clients
      4.  
        Multiplexed backup process
    3.  
      About backup logging
    4.  
      Sending backup logs to Veritas Technical Support
  3. Media and device processes and logging
    1.  
      Media and device management startup process
    2.  
      Media and device management process
    3.  
      Shared Storage Option management process
    4.  
      Barcode operations
    5.  
      Media and device management components
  4. Restore process and logging
    1.  
      Restore process
    2.  
      UNIX client restore
    3.  
      Windows client restore
    4.  
      About restore logging
    5.  
      Sending restore logs to Veritas Technical Support
  5. Advanced Backup and Restore Features
    1.  
      SAN Client Fiber Transport backup
    2.  
      SAN Client Fiber Transport restore
    3.  
      Hot catalog backup
    4.  
      Hot catalog restore
    5. Synthetic backups
      1.  
        Creating legacy log directories to accompany problem reports for synthetic backup
      2.  
        Logs to accompany problem reports for synthetic backups
  6. Storage logging
    1.  
      NDMP backup logging
    2.  
      NDMP restore logging
  7. NetBackup Deduplication logging
    1.  
      Deduplication backup process to the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP)
    2.  
      Client deduplication logging
    3.  
      Deduplication configuration logs
    4.  
      Media server deduplication/pdplugin logging
    5.  
      Disk monitoring logging
    6.  
      Logging keywords
  8. OpenStorage Technology (OST) logging
    1.  
      OpenStorage Technology (OST) backup logging
    2.  
      OpenStorage Technology (OST) configuration and management
  9. Snapshot technologies
    1.  
      Snapshot Client backup
    2.  
      VMware backup
    3.  
      Snapshot backup and Windows open file backups
  10. Locating logs
    1.  
      acsssi logging
    2.  
      bpbackup logging
    3.  
      bpbkar logging
    4.  
      bpbrm logging
    5.  
      bpcd logging
    6.  
      bpcompatd logging
    7.  
      bpdbm logging
    8.  
      bpjobd logging
    9.  
      bprd logging
    10.  
      bprestore logging
    11.  
      bptm logging
    12.  
      daemon logging
    13.  
      ltid logging
    14.  
      nbemm logging
    15.  
      nbjm logging
    16.  
      nbpem logging
    17.  
      nbproxy logging
    18.  
      nbrb logging
    19.  
      NetBackup web services logging
    20.  
      NetBackup web server certificate logging
    21.  
      PBX logging
    22.  
      reqlib logging
    23.  
      robots logging
    24.  
      tar logging
    25.  
      txxd and txxcd logging
    26.  
      vnetd logging
  11. Java-based administration console logging
    1.  
      About the Java-based administration console logging
    2.  
      Java-based administration console logging process flow
    3.  
      Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console and bpjava-*
    4.  
      Setting up a secure channel between the Java-based administration console and either nbsl or nbvault
    5.  
      Java-based administration console logging configuration on NetBackup servers and clients
    6.  
      Java-based remote administration console logging on a Windows computer where NetBackup is not installed
    7.  
      Configuring and gathering logs when troubleshooting Java GUI issues
    8.  
      Undo logging

Examples of using vxlogcfg to configure unified logs

Use the vxlogcfg command to change logging levels and rollover settings.

The vxlogcfg command has the following characteristics:

  • The vxlogcfg command is the only way to turn off diagnostic and debug messages in unified logging. In legacy logging, the writing of messages cannot be turned off, only minimized.

  • The vxlogcfg options for robust file logging (MaxLogFileSizeKB and NumberOfLogFiles) also affect certain legacy logs in the pre-7.7 versions of NetBackup.

    See About limiting the size and the retention of legacy logs.

  • Absolute paths must be specified. Do not use relative paths.

The following examples show how to use the vxlogcfg command to configure unified logging settings.

Table: Example uses of the vxlogcfg command

Item

Example

Set the maximum log file size

By default, the maximum log file size in unified logging is 51200 KB. When a log file reaches 51200 KB, the file closes and a new log file opens.

You can change the maximum file size with the MaxLogFileSizeKB option. The following command changes the default maximum log size to 100000 KB for the NetBackup product:

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o Default -s 
MaxLogFileSizeKB=100000

For MaxLogFileSizeKB to be effective, the RolloverMode option must be set to FileSize:

# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid Default -s 
RolloverMode=FileSize

MaxLogFileSizeKB can be set per originator. An originator that is not configured uses the default value. The following example overrides the default value for service nbrb (originator 118).

# vxlogcfg -a -p 51216 -o nbrb -s 
MaxLogFileSizeKB=1024000

Set log recycling

The following example sets automatic log file deletion for nbemm logs (originator ID 111):

# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid 111 -s 
RolloverMode=FileSize MaxLogFileSizeKB=512000 
NumberOfLogFiles=999 LogRecycle=TRUE

This example sets nbemm rollover mode to file size, and turns on log recycling. When the number of log files exceeds 999, the oldest log file is deleted. EXAMPLE 5 shows how to control the number of log files.

Set debug level and diagnostic level

The following example sets the default debug level and diagnostic level of product ID NetBackup (51216):

# vxlogcfg -a --prodid 51216 --orgid Default -s 
DebugLevel=1 DiagnosticLevel=6

List the unified logging settings

The following vxlogcfg example shows how to list the active unified logging settings for a given originator (the nbrb service). Note that MaxLogFileSizeKB, NumberOfLogFiles, and RolloverMode are included in the output.

# vxlogcfg -l -o nbrb -p NB
Configuration settings for originator 118, 
of product 51,216...
LogDirectory = /usr/openv/logs/nbrb/
DebugLevel = 1
DiagnosticLevel = 6
DynaReloadInSec = 0
LogToStdout = False
LogToStderr = False
LogToOslog = False
RolloverMode = FileSize | LocalTime
LogRecycle = False
MaxLogFileSizeKB = 51200
RolloverPeriodInSeconds = 43200
RolloverAtLocalTime = 0:00
NumberOfLogFiles = 3
OIDNames = nbrb
AppMsgLogging = ON
L10nLib = /usr/openv/lib/libvxexticu
L10nResource = nbrb
L10nResourceDir = /usr/openv/resources
SyslogIdent = VRTS-NB
SyslogOpt = 0
SyslogFacility = LOG_LOCAL5
LogFilePermissions = 664

A complete description of vxlogcfg is in the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.