Logging options with the Windows Event Viewer
You can configure a NetBackup Windows master server to also write logging application and diagnostic messages to the Windows Event Viewer Application Event log.
For details on vxlogcfg, see the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.
To write unified logging messages to the Windows Event Viewer for an originator
- Use the vxlogcfg command to set the LogToOslog value to true for the originator.
For example:
# vxlogcfg -a -o nbrb -p NB -s "LogToOslog=true"
- Restart the NetBackup services.
To write legacy logging messages to the Windows Event Viewer
- Create the eventlog file on the NetBackup master server.
install_path\NetBackup\db\config\eventlog
- Optionally, add an entry to the eventlog file. For example:
56 255
"56" produces a log with the messages that have a severity of warning, error, and critical (56 = 8 + 16 + 32). "255" produces a log with messages for all types (255 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 +128).
- Restart the NetBackup services.
The parameters in the eventlog represent severity and type. Both parameters are specified as decimal numbers and equate to a bitmap for the values below.
Severity |
| 1 = Unknown 2 = Debug 4 = Info 8 = Warning 16 = Error 32 = Critical |
Type |
| 1 = Unknown 2 = General 4 = Backup 8 = Archive 16 = Retrieve 32 = Security 64 = Backup Status 128 = Media Device |
In the logs, the messages are formatted as follows:
<Severity> <Job type> <Job ID> <Job group ID> <Server> <Client> <Process> <Text>
For example:
16 4 10797 1 cacao bush nbpem backup of client bush exited with status 71