Distributed Systems Administration Utilities User's Guide, Linux, March 2009

CLOG_TEXT_LOG[1]=/var/adm/logs/mylog.log
CLOG_TEXT_FORMAT[1]="custom"
If the text file is already formatted using the syslog-compatible format shown above,
then add the corresponding CLOG_TEXT_FORMAT[n]entry with a value of “syslog”.
For example,
CLOG_TEXT_LOG[2]=/var/adm/app/logs/app.log
CLOG_TEXT_FORMAT[2]="syslog"
If no CLOG_TEXT_FORMAT[]entry is made for a corresponding
CLOG_TEXT_LOG[]entry, the default is “custom”.
For an example of a file in syslog format, see the actual system log file /var/log/
syslog.log.
3. After completing the required edits, there are two ways to initiate forwarding for the new
log files:
• Restarting syslog-ng (recommended if not in a production environment)
• Manual restart, that does not disrupt syslog-ng
The procedures are the following:
• Restart syslog-ng. For example, issue the following command:
# /sbin/init.d/syslog-ng restart
This will disrupt syslog-ng and may cause loss of messages that are being forwarded
or consolidated. If your system is not in a production environment, and losing some
messages is acceptable, this method is preferable to using the more difficult manual
restart.
• Start the clog_tail process manually for the text log file.
If the text log file is in syslog format, use the following command:
# /opt/dsau/bin/clog_tail -q -n 0 -p log_file_path
If the text log file is in a custom format, use the following command:
# /opt/dsau/bin/clog_tail -q -n 0 -p -a log_file_path
where log_file_path is the complete path to the ASCII log file.
For example, for a log called myapp.log in custom format, the following command
starts clog_tail:
# /opt/dsau/bin/clog_tail -q -n 0 -p -a /var/opt/myapp/myapp.log
If the system is a Serviceguard cluster, copy the edited /etc/rc.config.d/
syslog-ng file clusterwide with the following command:
# ccp /etc/syslog-ng.conf.server /etc/
on Red Hat or
# ccp /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.server /etc/
on SLES.
Either restart syslog-ng or start the clog_tail of the text-log on all cluster
nodes.
3.3.2.3.3.2 Consolidating Text Logs on the Log Consolidation Server
To consolidate the text logs forwarded from clients to a Log Consolidation Server, complete the
following tasks on the Log Consolidation Server:
74 Consolidated Logging