Virtual TapeServer 6.04.01 Installation Guide

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number and a new (blank) log begins with the default name. All rotated log files are
compressed except for the first (more recent). Thirty versions of the file are kept. This file is
renewed each day at 4 a.m.
Previous log files are compressed using gzip. If more than seven log files must be maintained,
the files must be backed up manually.
Note Users must have Read access to the /user/local/tape/log directory.
The following is an example directory listing of seven rotated logs plus the current log file:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 10240 Jul 25 04:02 ../log/event.log.7.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 5948 Jul 26 04:02 ../log/event.log.6.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 2326 Jul 28 04:02 ../log/event.log.5.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 905 Jul 29 04:02 ../log/event.log.4.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 998 Aug 1 04:02 ../log/event.log.3.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1148 Aug 2 04:02 ../log/event.log.2.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 1038 Aug 4 04:02 ../log/event.log.1.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 4521 Aug 4 12:41 ../log/event.log
System event log format
Each message entry in the file follows the same format, as shown in the following example:
2006-08-28 16:25:18|WARNING|440002|5900-E|
127.0.0.1|Tapeserver01|administrator|Access Control RESTORE OPEN
defaults have been restored
Entries are divided into the sections described in the following table:
Attribute Format Example Description
Timestamp 2006-08-28 16:25:18 Time and date when the message originated, in
a format that is specific to the locale.
Severity WARNING The degree of impact or seriousness of the event
reported by the message. (See
Message severity
on page 125.)
Message ID 440002 A unique six-digit identifier. All message IDs
contain the severity, subsystem, and message
ID. The unique ID falls within a numerical
range of 0-999999. (See
Message IDs on page
126.)
System ID 5900-E The make and model of VTS on which the
message was generated.
IP address 127.0.0.1 The IP address of the user or client that
initiates a function on a page of VTS.
Server name Tapeserver01 The Domain Name Server (DNS) name of the
computer that hosts the server instance.