Viewing log files using the Support command
You can use the following section to view the log file information.
To view logs using the Support > Logs > Browse command:
- Log onto the Access Appliance shell menu of the desired node.
- From the Main_Menu > Support > Logs view, type the following command:
Browse
The LOGROOT/> prompt appears.
- To display the available log directories on the appliance, type ls at the LOGROOT/> prompt.
- To see the available log files in any of the log directories, use the cd command to change directories to the log directory of your choice. The prompt changes to show the directory that you are in. For example, if you changed directories to the APPLIANCE directory, the prompt appear as LOGROOT/APPLIANCE/>. From that prompt you can use the ls command to display the available log files in the APPLIANCE log directory.
- To view the files, use the less <FILE> or tail <FILE> command. Files are marked with <FILE> and directories with <DIR>.
To view Access Appliance unified (VxUL) logs using the Support > Logs command:
- Log onto the Access Appliance shell menu of the desired node.
- Enter the Support > Logs view.
- Type the following the command:
VXLogView Module
The command shows a list of log directories. Type the number that corresponds to the appliance system component that contains the module that you want to view the VxLog of.
Note:
Log recycling has been enabled, and the default number of log files has been set to 50.