HP 6125XLG R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Network Management and Monitoring Con - Page 72

option to apply the new configuration., by using

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In the above configuration, local5 is the name of the logging facility used by the log host to receive logs. info is the informational level. The Linux system will store the log information with a severity level equal to or higher than informational to the file /var/log/Device/info.log. NOTE: Follow these guidelines to edit the file /etc/syslog.conf: • Comments must be on a separate line and must begin with a pound sign (#). • No redundant spaces are allowed after the file name. • The logging facility name and the information level specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file must be identical to those configured on the device by using the info-center loghost and info-center source commands. Otherwise, the log information might not be output properly to the log host. d. Display the process ID of syslogd, kill the syslogd process, and then restart syslogd by using the -r option to apply the new configuration. Make sure the syslogd process is started with the -r option on a Linux log host. # ps -ae | grep syslogd 147 # kill -9 147 # syslogd -r & Now, the system can record log information into the specified file. 66

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In the above configuration,
local5
is the name of the logging facility used by the log host to
receive logs.
info
is the informational level. The Linux system will store the log information with
a severity level equal to or higher than
informational
to the file
/var/log/Device/info.log
.
NOTE:
Follow these guidelines to edit the file
/etc/syslog.conf
:
Comments must be on a separate line and must begin with a pound sign (#).
No redundant spaces are allowed after the file name.
The logging facility name and the information level specified in the
/etc/syslog.conf
file must be
identical to those configured on the device by using the
info
-
center loghost
and
info-center
source
commands. Otherwise, the log information might not be output properly to the log host.
d.
Display the process ID of
syslogd
, kill the
syslogd
process, and then restart
syslogd
by using the
-r
option to apply the new configuration.
Make sure the
syslogd
process is started with the
-r
option on a Linux log host.
# ps -ae | grep syslogd
147
# kill -9 147
# syslogd -r &
Now, the system can record log information into the specified file.