HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.02)

Monitor and Shell Commands
Commands: vPars Commands Logging
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These commands include vparadmin, vparboot, vparcreate, vparefiutil, vparenv, vparremove,
vparmodify, vparreset, and vparutil.
Constraints and Restrictions to Logging
Note the following:
• Commands will be logged whether executed on the vPars database in memory, an alternate database, or
in standalone mode.
• The command line text will be logged on only the partition from which the command was executed. The
logging of the command will not be duplicated to the target syslog file (the syslog file of the target
virtual partition.
For example, if the vparmodify command is executed from winona1 with the target partition being
winona2 (winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 ...), the syslog entries will only appear in the log file of
winona1. Nothing will appear in the log file of winona2.
• Error messages from the failure of a vpar* command execution are not logged.
Additionally, for only vPars A.03.03 and earlier and A.04.02 and earlier:
• When confirmation to execute a vPars command is requested, but the user replies “no”, the vPars
command is not logged.
Syslog and Priority and Facility Codes
With the logging, vPars uses LOG_INFO as the priority level and LOG_USER as the facility.
NOTE nPartition Logs (see also “nPartition Logs” on page 37)
On an nPartition server running vPars, all virtual partitions within an nPartition share the
same console device: the nPartition’s console. Thus, an nPartition’s console log contains
console I/O for multiple virtual partitions. Further, since the vPars Monitor interface is
displayed and accessed through the nPartition’s console, vPars Monitor output is also recorded
in the nPartition’s console log. There is only one Monitor per nPartition.
The server chassis logs record nPartition and server complex hardware events. The chassis
logs do not record vPars-related configuration or vPars boot events; however, the chassis logs
do record HP-UX "heartbeat" events. The server chassis logs are viewable from the GSPs Show
Chassis Log menu. For more information, see the Help within the GSPs online help.
The vPars Monitor event logs record only vPars events; it does not contain any nPartition
chassis events. For more information, see vparstatus (1M).
Also, for a given nPartition, the Virtual Front Panel (VFP) of the nPartition’s console displays
an OS heartbeat whenever at least one virtual partition within the nPartition is up.