NAME¶
SalvageLog - Traces Salvager operations
DESCRIPTION¶
The
SalvageLog file records a trace of Salvager (
salvager process)
operations on the local machine and describes any error conditions it
encounters.
If the
SalvageLog file does not already exist in the
/var/log/openafs directory when the Salvager starts, the process
creates it and writes initial start-up messages to it. If there is an existing
file, the Salvager renames is to
SalvageLog.old, overwriting the
existing
SalvageLog.old file if it exists.
When the Salvager is salvaging an entire file server, it creates a separate log
file for each partition it starts salvaging. That file will be named
SalvageLog. job where
job is a job number that
will normally (but is not guaranteed to) correspond to the index of the
partition being salvaged. Once salvaging of all partitions is complete, the
Salvager will accumulate all the partition-specific log files, append them to
SalvageLog, and then remove the partition-specific files.
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 file 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
SalvageLog file grant the
required "r" (read) permission to all users.
The Salvager 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.
SEE ALSO¶
UserList(5),
bos_getlog(8),
salvager(8)
COPYRIGHT¶
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