Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.01)

Monitor and Shell Commands
Commands: vPars Commands Logging
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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.
• Interaction with the user, including error messages or requests for confirmation, are not logged.
• 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
You can continue to use priority and facility codes of syslogd to configure vPars logging. vPars uses
LOG_INFO as the priority level and LOG_USER as the facility. For more information on using the priority
and facility codes of syslogd, see the manpages syslogd (1M) and syslog (3C).
NOTE nPartition Logs
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 IO 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.