About using the vxlogview command to view unified logs
Only the vxlogview command can assemble and display the unified logging information correctly. The unified logging files are in binary format and some of the information is contained in an associated resource file. These logs are stored in the following directory. You can display vxlogview results faster by restricting the search to the files of a specific process.
UNIX | /usr/openv/logs |
Windows | install_path\NetBackup\logs |
Table: Fields in vxlogview query strings
Field name | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
PRODID | Integer or string | Provide the product ID or the abbreviated name of product. | PRODID = 51216 PRODID = 'NBU' |
ORGID | Integer or string | Provide the originator ID or the abbreviated name of the component. | ORGID = 116 ORGID = 'nbpem' |
PID | Long Integer | Provide the process ID | PID = 1234567 |
TID | Long Integer | Provide the thread ID | TID = 2874950 |
STDATE | Long Integer or string | Provide the start date in seconds or in the locale-specific short date and time format. For example, a locale can have the format 'mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss AM/PM' | STDATE = 98736352 STDATE = '4/26/11 11:01:00 AM' |
ENDATE | Long Integer or string | Provide the end date in seconds or in the locale-specific short date and time format. For example, a locale can have the format 'mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss AM/PM' | ENDATE = 99736352 ENDATE = '04/27/11 10:01:00 AM' |
PREVTIME | String | Provide the hours in 'hh:mm:ss' format. This field should be used only with operators =, <, >, >=, and <= | PREVTIME = '2:34:00' |
SEV | Integer | Provide one of the following possible severity types: 0 = INFO 1 = WARNING 2 = ERR 3 = CRIT 4 = EMERG | SEV = 0 SEV = INFO |
MSGTYPE | Integer | Provide one of the following possible message types: 0 = DEBUG (debug messages) 1 = DIAG (diagnostic messages) 2 = APP (application messages) 3 = CTX (context messages) 4 = AUDIT (audit messages) | MSGTYPE = 1 MSGTYPE = DIAG |
CTX | Integer or string | Provide the context token as string identifier or 'ALL' to get all the context instances to be displayed. This field should be used only with the operators = and !=. | CTX = 78 CTX = 'ALL' |
Table: Examples of query strings with dates
Example | Description |
|---|---|
(PRODID == 51216) && ((PID == 178964)|| ((STDATE == '2/5/15 09:00:00 AM') && (ENDATE == '2/5/15 12:00:00 PM')) | Retrieves the log file message for the NetBackup product ID 51216 between 9AM and 12PM on 2015-05-02. |
((prodid = 'NBU') && ((stdate >= '11/18/14 00:00:00 AM') && (endate <= '12/13/14 12:00:00 PM'))) || ((prodid = 'BENT') && ((stdate >= '12/12/14 00:00:00 AM') && (endate <= '12/25/14 12:00:00 PM'))) | Retrieves the log messages for the NetBackup product NBU between 2014-18-11 and 2014-13-12 and the log messages for the NetBackup product BENT between 2014-12-12 and 2014-25-12. |
(STDATE <= '04/05/15 0:0:0 AM') | Retrieves the log messages that were logged on or before 2015-05-04 for all of the installed Veritas products. |