Creating a symbolic link for debug files directory

There are several possibilities where you may store the FSE debug files, as listed in ”Storage space for FSE debug files” on page 18.

NOTE: When you make the decision about the placement of the FSE debug files, you need to make sure that the disk partition holding the target directory with the debug files has enough free space for eventually a large amount of the debugging data.

HP recommends that you create and mount a large separate file system to the debug files directory, since filling the file system would cease debug files creation and might affect other processes that use the same file system.

For example, to create a symbolic link to the directory /var/fse_log/DEBUG located on a separate file system, use the following commands:

#rmdir /var/opt/fse/log/debug

#ln -s /var/fse_log/DEBUG /var/opt/fse/log/debug

The symbolic link creation for debug files completes the preparation phase. For instructions on installing FSE software, see chapter ”Installing FSE software” on page 35.

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File System Extender (FSE) specifications

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