Syslog File in UCS

[ashjosh11]

Hi Folks ,

Today we enabled Syslog & configured local file destination in UCS manager.

Very curious to see whether entries are getting in this file or not ?

How can i view UCS local syslog file & check it.

Is there any way to transfer that file from Fabric interconnects to my laptop ?

[padramas]

Hello Ashish,

I assume you have configured syslog to save log messages to a file on the Fabric Interconnect.

If yes, it is current not possible to access the file or view it's contents as it is saved in a directory that is not accessible from local-mgmt CLI context.

I have submitted defect to track this issue.

http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCuh26762

*NOTE* It will take a while to get published on cisco.com

We can verify whether the syslog service is logging the messages by observing the size of the file.

(nxos)#  show system internal dir /var/log/external

As an alternative option, you can configure a remote destination and view the log messages on the syslog server.

HTH

Padma

[ashjosh11]

Hi padramas ,

Thank you very much for your clarification.

Would i be able to run this command on Fabric interconnect  & see size of syslog file ?

(nxos)#  show system internal dir /var/log/external

I tried running this but its showing command invalid.

Pls suggest.

[padramas]

Hello Ashish,

We need to execute the command from NX-OS context

connect nxos

show system internal dir /var/log/external

Padma

[padramas]

Hello Ashish,

I came to know that we can view the contents via NX-OS command

connect nxos

show logging logfile

The above command will print the contents of the current active file that is configured under UCSM syslog configuration.

Thanks

Padma

[ashjosh11]

HI Padramas ,

Both commands  show logging logfile &  show system internal dir /var/log/external are not working.

Pls suggest.

[padramas]

Hello Ashish,

These are NX-OS commands and needs to be executed from nx-os context.

If you have configured UCSM to save syslog messages to a local file on Fabric Interconnect, then you can following command to view the log file contents ( syslog messages )

connect nxos

show logging logfile

show system internal dir /var/log/external

Padma

[ashjosh11]

Hi Padramas,

I tried executing these commands from Fabric Interconnect CLI but these commands are wrong.

Even after changing scope to local-mgmt or monitoring , these commands are not working in Fabric Interconnect console.

[padramas]

It would help if you could provide output of following commands

show version

scope monitoring

show syslog

connect nxos

show logging logfile

show system internal dir /var/log/external

Padma