Purpose
Command or Action
local7.debug /usr/adm/logs/cisco.log
•
debug—
Specifies the syslog level. The file must
already exist, and the syslog daemon must have
permission to write to it.
Creates the log file. The syslog daemon sends messages at
this level or at a more severe level to this file.
Enter these commands at the UNIX shell prompt.
Example:
Step 2
$
touch /var/log/cisco.log
$
chmod 666 /var/log/cisco.log
For more information, see the
man syslog.conf
and
man
syslogd
commands on your UNIX system.
Make sure the syslog daemon reads the new changes.
Example:
Step 3
$
kill -HUP `cat /etc/syslog.pid`
Monitoring and Maintaining System Message Logs
Monitoring Configuration Archive Logs
Purpose
Command
Displays the entire configuration log or the log for specified
parameters.
show archive log config
{
all
|
number
[
end-number
] |
user username
[
session
number
]
number
[
end-number
] |
statistics
}
[
provisioning
]
Configuration Examples for System Message Logs
Example: Stacking System Message
This example shows a partial switch system message for active stack and a stack member (hostname
Switch-2
):
00:00:46: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel1, changed state to up
00:00:47: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1, changed state to up
00:00:47: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2, changed state to up
00:00:48: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan1, changed state to down
00:00:48: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1, changed
state to down 2
*Mar
1 18:46:11: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
18:47:02: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
*Mar
1 18:48:50.483 UTC: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
00:00:46: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel1, changed state to up (Switch-2)
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Monitoring and Maintaining System Message Logs