VLLog(5)

NAME

   VLLog - Traces Volume Location Server operations

DESCRIPTION

   The VLLog file records a trace of Volume Location (VL) Server (vlserver
   process) operations on the local machine and describes any error
   conditions it encounters.

   If the VLLog file does not already exist in the /var/log/openafs
   directory when the VL Server starts, the server process creates it and
   writes initial start-up messages to it. If there is an existing file,
   the VL Server renames it to VLLog.old, overwriting the existing
   VLLog.old file if it exists.

   The file is in ASCII format. Administrators listed in the
   /etc/openafs/server/UserList file can use the bos getlog command to
   display its contents. Alternatively, log onto the server machine and
   use a text editor or a file display command such as the UNIX cat
   command. By default, the mode bits on the VLLog file grant the required
   "r" (read) permission to all users.

   The VL Server records operations only as it completes them, and cannot
   recover from failures by reviewing the file. The log contents are
   useful for administrative evaluation of process failures and other
   problems.

   The VL Server can record messages at three levels of detail. By
   default, it records only very rudimentary messages. To increase logging
   to the first level of detail, issue the following command while logged
   onto the database server machine as the local superuser "root".

      # kill -TSTP <vlserver_pid>

   where <vlserver_pid> is the process ID of the vlserver process, as
   reported in the output from the standard UNIX ps command. To increase
   to the second and third levels of detail, repeat the command.

   To disable logging, issue the following command.

      # kill -HUP <vlserver_pid>

   To decrease the level of logging, first completely disable it and then
   issue the "kill -TSTP" command as many times as necessary to reach the
   desired level.

SEE ALSO

   UserList(5), bos_getlog(8), vlserver(8)

COPYRIGHT

   IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

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   and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

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