Fujitsu M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000 Log Archiving Facility, About Log Archiving, Using the Log Archiving Facility

CHAPTER 6

Log Archiving Facility

You can set up the Service Processor to automatically archive its log data on a remote host.

This chapter contains these sections:

■About Log Archiving

■Solaris OS Procedures for Log Archiving

■XSCF Shell Procedures for Log Archiving

■Related Information

About Log Archiving

The persistent storage space on a Service Processor is limited. A portion of this space is set aside for logs, such as audit logs and error logs. Due to the limited space, some logs can grow to the point where old log entries must be overwritten or deleted.

These sections provide details on log archiving:

■Using the Log Archiving Facility

■Archive Host Requirements

■Log Archiving Errors

■Using the snapshot Tool

Using the Log Archiving Facility

Log archiving increases the storage space available for logs on the Service Processor by transferring and storing log data on a server known as the archive host.

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