HP File System Extender (FSE) specs

4 Trc - errors, warnings, and detailed trace

#Argument for tracing level after the option -D is literal

#For FSE Management Console server

Mif[D]	–	the communication activity between MC server and Management Interface;
Cs[D]	–	the communication activity between MC server and MC client;
Pool[D]	–	activity on Pool object;
Flt[D]	–	activity on Filter objects;
All[D]	–	whole activity for all logical parts of	MC server
# For FSE		Management Console client
Comm[D] –		communication activity between MC client and MC server modules;
Thrd[D] –		thread activity (receiving events from other threads),
locking/unlocking thread synchronization objects,			etc.;
Gui[D]	–	main MC thread activity, processing the	received information and user
input events;
All[D]	–	whole activity for all logical parts of	MC client.
# The suffix "D" in object names means "detailed"

Example of a configured FSE Management Console logging

DEBUG_LEVEL = -d4 -DAll

DEBUG_LEVEL = -dTrc -DAllD

Name of the FSE Management Console server log file is predefined and the location is platform-dependent.

Linux specific

On the Linux platform, the full pathname of the FSE Management Console server log file is /var/opt/fse/log/guisrv.log.

Windows specific

On the Windows platform, the full pathname of the FSE Management Console server log file is %InstallPath%\var\log\guisrv.log.

The value of %InstallPath% depends on the choice made in the FSE installation process. It defaults to C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\FSE.

Name of the FSE Management Console client log file is predefined and the location is the same on all supported platforms.

Common

The FSE Management Console client log file is named guiclt.log and is created in the current working directory of the FSE Management Console client.

Starting and stopping the FSE Management Console

This chapter provides instructions for starting and stopping the FSE Management Console server and the FSE Management Console client on the supported platforms, and for configuring the preferred startup method of the FSE Management Console server.

Depending on platform, the FSE Management Console components can be started and stopped using the command-line interface or the graphical user interface.

Starting and stopping the FSE Management Console server

The FSE Management Console server can be run in foreground or background mode. You can choose the execution mode by supplying the appropriate options at the command line. If no options are specified or

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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