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Operating Systems Solaris /var/log/syslog Post 302395406 by maooah on Tuesday 16th of February 2010 02:29:26 AM
Old 02-16-2010
/var/log/syslog
Hi,
Solaris : 9
I noticed /var/log/syslog message file growing fast in abnormal way since 4 or 5 days. due to this my root / filesystem is getting filled with 100% .

Code:
root $ls -ltr
total 4683730
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys            0 Oct 17  2005 authlog
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     other        254 Oct 17  2005 sysidconfig.log
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      232392781 Dec 22 03:07 syslog.7
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      234862215 Dec 29 03:07 syslog.6
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      237526516 Jan  5 03:08 syslog.5
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      239885061 Jan 12 03:08 syslog.4
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      242073740 Jan 19 03:08 syslog.3
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      244402872 Jan 26 03:08 syslog.2
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      872775680 Feb 12 19:40 syslog.0
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root     sys      92855508 Feb 16 10:26 syslog

appreciate an early response.

Regards
Last edited by zaxxon; 02-16-2010 at 03:31 AM.. Reason: use code tags please, ty
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

pmdarsyslog

PMDARSYSLOG(1)						       Performance Co-Pilot						    PMDARSYSLOG(1)

NAME

       pmdarsyslog - rsyslog (reliable and extended syslog) PMDA

DESCRIPTION

       pmdarsyslog is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports metric values from the rsyslogd(8) server.  Further details about
       rsyslog can be found at http://www.rsyslog.com/.

INSTALLATION

       If you want access to the names and values for the rsyslog performance metrics, do the following as root:

	       # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
	       # ./Install

       If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:

	       # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
	       # ./Remove

       pmdarsyslog is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed directly.  The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the agent is
       installed or removed.

       In order to use this agent, rsyslog stats gathering must be enabled.  This is done by adding the lines:

	       $ModLoad impstats
	       $PStatsInterval 5       # log every 5 seconds
	       syslog.info	       |/var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats

       to your rsyslog.conf(5) configuration file after installing the PMDA.  Take care to ensure the syslog.info messages do not get logged in
       any other file, as this could unexpectedly fill your filesystem.  Syntax useful for this is syslog.!=info for explicitly excluding these.

FILES

       /var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats
	   named pipe containing statistics exported from rsyslog, usually created by the PMDA Install script.

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/Install
	   installation script for the pmdarsyslog agent

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/Remove
	   undo installation script for the pmdarsyslog agent

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/rsyslog.log
	   default log file for error messages from pmdarsyslog

SEE ALSO

       pmcd(1), rsyslog.conf(5), rsyslogd(8).

3.8.10							       Performance Co-Pilot						    PMDARSYSLOG(1)
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