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Logs for third-party software

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You can use the third-party software logs to troubleshoot issues.

Category File name Notes Found on

apache2 logs

/var/local/log/apache2/access.log /var/local/log/apache2/error.log

/var/local/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log

Log files for apache2.

Admin Nodes

Archiving

/var/local/log/dsierror.log

Error information for TSM Client APIs.

Archive Nodes

MySQL

/var/local/log/mysql.err`

/var/local/log/mysql.err /var/local/log/mysql-slow.log

Log files generated by MySQL.

The file mysql.err captures database errors and events such as startups and shutdowns.

The file mysql-slow.log (the slow query log) captures the SQL statements that took more than 10 seconds to execute.

Admin Nodes

Operating system

/var/local/log/messages

This directory contains log files for the operating system. The errors contained in these logs are also displayed in the Grid Manager. Select Support > Tools > Grid Topology. Then select Topology > Site > Node > SSM > Events.

All nodes

NTP

/var/local/log/ntp.log

/var/lib/ntp/var/log/ntpstats/

The /var/local/log/ntp.log contains the log file for NTP error messages.

The /var/lib/ntp/var/log/ntpstats/ directory contains NTP timing statistics.

loopstats records loop filter statistics information.

peerstats records peer statistics information.

All nodes

Samba

/var/local/log/samba/

The Samba log directory includes a log file for each Samba process (smb, nmb, and winbind) and every client hostname/IP.

Admin Node configured to export the audit share over CIFS