FIGURE 6-1Log Archiving

Archive Host

User Interface

1

on Archive Host

 

Archive

Directory

4

Service Processor

User Interface

2

Log

on Service

Archiving

 

Processor

 

 

3

Logs

As shown in FIGURE 6-1,

(1)Before enabling log archiving, create an archive directory on the archive host. There should be a separate archive directory for each system that uses the archive host. The directory permissions should be set so that only authorized users can access its contents.

(2)You configure the log archiving feature.

(3)As new data accumulates in logs, log archiving polls log files at fixed intervals to determine when new data needs to be archived.

(4)Log archiving uses scp to transfer log data to the archive host. It uses ssh to manage the logs which it previously copied.

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