Log files

PowerHA® SystemMirror® GUI provides the option to view log information about all files in a cluster.

Log files

To easily compare and identify log files that are displayed in the PowerHA SystemMirror GUI, the log files correspond to a particular color. For example, in the following figure all the log files for the hacmp.out file are displayed in a blue color and all the log files for the cluster.log file are displayed in a yellow color.

The following figure identifies the different areas of the PowerHA SystemMirror GUI that are used to view log files:
Figure 1. Log files
The image displays the different areas of the GUI. The main navigation pane is on the left. The center pane displays information about the event summaries. The right pane displays detailed information about the event summaries.
Number 1 Search terms
You can click the following predefined search terms to locate the specified term in the log file:
  • error
  • fail
  • could not
You can click the < and > arrows to move to the previous and next instance of the search term in the selected log file. You can also enter your own search term and create a user-defined search term. A user-defined search term functions similar to the predefined search terms. For example, in the preceding figure, preamble is a user-defined search term.
Number 2 Log file selection
You can view the following log files from the PowerHA SystemMirror GUI:
  • hacmp.out
  • errpt
  • clutils.log
  • clverify.log
  • autoverify.log
  • clstrmgr.debug
  • cluster.log
Note: All of the log files, including the most current and the oldest, are merged together to create a single large log file. For example, when you view the hacmp.out log file you are able to view the hacmp.out.1, hacmp.out.2, and hacmp.out.3 log files as a single log file instead of three separate log files.
Number 3 Log file viewer
In this area, you can view the log file information. To easily locate important information in the log files, the scripts are located within collapsed sections in the log files. You can expand sections within the log file to view more detailed scripts. You can also open the log file in a separate browser window by clicking the Arrow icon icon.

To view log files of a specific cluster, from the navigation menu, select a cluster. In the details view, click Logs.

Activity logs

The PowerHA SystemMirror GUI records all change-related information in the GUI database. The Activity Logs tab provides a quick and easy way to view that information. Various filtering options are provided to help find specific historical information about changes that are made to clusters, resource groups, roles, zones, and user accounts. An option to download the Activity Logs is provided. You can also export the downloaded Activity Logs into a comma-separated values (CSV) file.