Where to find log files

Find IBM® Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition log files.

IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition includes log files for the following items:
  • System log files
  • IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition log files (Management node)
  • Web Portal log files
  • PERF loader log files
  • Cluster log files

System log files

System log files provide information about the operating system. IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition commands log messages to the pcmd.log system log found in the /opt/pcm/pcmd/log directory.

More system logs can be found in the /var/log/ directory, including the following logs:
  • System message logs (/var/log/messages)
  • Installation and provisioning log
    • RHEL: /var/log/anaconda/
    • SLES: /var/log/YaST2/
    • Ubuntu: /var/log/apt/
  • Kernel log (/var/log/dmesg)
  • Web server log:
    • RHEL: /var/log/httpd/*_log
    • SLES: /var/log/apache2/*_log
  • Xorg log (/var/log/Xorg.0.log)

IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition log files (Management node)

Some important logs include:

  • IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition installation log ((/opt/pcm/log/pcm-installer.log) - Includes information about the IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition installation procedure.
  • IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition configure log (/opt/pcm/log/pcmconfig.log) - Includes information about initial configuration of IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition.
  • IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition upgrade log (/opt/pcm/log/upgrade.log) - Includes information about the IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition upgrade procedure.

Web Portal log files

You can find GUI log files in the /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/logs directory. Some important logs include:
  • Web Portal logs
    • /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/logs/hostname/messages.log
    • /opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/logs/hostname/gui.log
  • User authentication log - Client (/opt/pcm/pcmd/log/ego_ext_plugin_client.log)
  • User authentication log - Server (/opt/pcm/pcmd/log/ego_ext_plugin_server.log)
  • Web Portal package install log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/gui/logs/install.log)

PERF loader log files

You can find the PERF loader log files in the /opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs directory. Some important logs include:
  • Logs for each data loader (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/dataloader )
  • Datasource tools log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/datasourcetools.log.node_name.private.dns.zone)
  • DB configuration check (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/dbconfigcheck.log)
  • Perf event log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/event.log.node_name.private.dns.zone)
  • PLC log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/plc.log.node_name.private.dns.zone)
  • Data purge service log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/purger.log.node_name.private.dns.zone)
  • PLC wsm daemon log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/wsm.plc.log.node_name.private.dns.zone)
  • Purger wsm daemon log (/opt/pcm/web-portal/perf/logs/wsm.purger.log.node_name.private.dns.zone)

Cluster log files

IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition includes the following log files:
  • Cluster logs: /opt/pcm/pcmd/log/clusters/clusterID.log
  • Script and EGO logs: /opt/pcm/ego/kernel/log
    Note: If the script is executed on the management node, than the error log is found on the management node. Otherwise, if the script is executed on the compute node, than the script error log is found on the compute node.
    Note: Only a system administrator can access a script error log on the management node.