HP Systems Insight Manager 7.1 Command Line Interface Guide

mxlog
Logs or prints a log entry.
Synopsis
mxlog -l [-r result ] [-a action ] [-o object_type ] [-n object_name ] [-u user ] [-s
sessionID ] [-t transactionID ] [-v verbosity ] [-m message ]
mxlog –p [-r result ] [-a action ] [-o object_type ] [-n object_name ] [-u user ] [-s
sessionID ] [-t transactionID ] [-v verbosity ] [-m message ]
Description
The mxlog command logs an entry to the log file or standard out. The category of the log entry
is always set to APPLICATION.
• mxlog -l [-r result ] [-a action ] [-o object_type ] [-n object_name
] [-u user ] [-s sessionID ] [-t transactionID ] [-v verbosity ]
[-m message ]
This command logs the indicated entry to the log file.
• mxlog -p [-r result ] [-a action ] [-o object_type ] [-n object_name
] [-u user ] [-s sessionID ] [-t transactionID ] [-v verbosity ]
[-m message ]
This command saves the log entry to standard out.
Options
-l
Log an entry to the log file. This will not print the entry to stdout. You cannot use
-l with -p.
-p
Print a preview of the log entry to standard out. This will not log the entry to the log
file. You cannot use -p with -l.
-a action
Specify the action that occurred. You must specify a value if -a is used. If -a is not
used, the default is START. Valid values include ACTION_NONE (no action, which
appears as a "<>" string), ADD, MODIFY, DELETE, RUN, LIST, ENABLE, DISABLE,
RESTORE, SAVE, SETUP, UNSETUP, START, and DONE.
-m message
Specify the message to be logged. This value appears on the line after the log entry
in the log file. The value must be a string, and if it includes spaces, it must be
enclosed in double quotation marks.
-n object_name
Specify the name of the object or application that is making the logging call. You
must specify a value if -n is used. If -n is not used, the default is NONE (which
appears as a "<>" string). The value must be a string, and if it includes spaces, it
must be enclosed in double quotation marks. If this option is not specified, the
default is NONE.
-o object_type
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