Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Sixth Edition, August 2006

Troubleshooting Your Cluster
Troubleshooting Approaches
Chapter 8 275
Reviewing the System Log File
Messages from the Cluster Manager and Package Manager are written
to the system log file. The default location of the log file may vary
according to Linux distribution; the Red Hat default is
/var/log/messages. You can use a text editor, such as vi, or the more
command to view the log file for historical information on your cluster.
This log provides information on the following:
• Commands executed and their outcome.
• Major cluster events which may, or may not, be errors.
• Cluster status information.
NOTE Many other products running on Linux in addition to Serviceguard use
the syslog file to save messages. Refer to your Linux documentation for
additional information on using the system log.