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geir_2
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Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Hi,

Could someone help me to configure logging from VMS to Syslog.
I assume it's possible to tell VMS what type of message I want to log.
Thanks!

Geir
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harry d brown jr
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

From a quick google, you can start here: http://www.loganalysis.org/sections/syslog/syslog-nonunix/

you can get http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv.com?SYSLOGD

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harry d brown jr
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geir_2
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Hi,
Thanks for the answer. In Unix and Cisco it's enough with the logging and trap command for logging to Syslog.

Does VMS have simular command?

regards geir


PS:
I have allready a syslog deamon running on Windows 2000.
Uwe Zessin
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

I've never heard that any VMS component can send messages to a syslog daemon.
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Antoniov.
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Hi Geir,
the 2nd link of Harry points to Process Software that's a vms company!
I believe you can find there what you search. We are ready to help you to installation.

Antonio Vigliotti
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Uwe Zessin
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Somehow I don't think (s)he is looking for a syslog daemon running _on_ VMS...
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Robert Atkinson
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Geir, I think you mean logging of system messages?

'$ SHOW AUDIT' will tell you what messages are being written to the console port (ALARMs) and which are being written to the log file (AUDITs), which is SYS$MANAGER:OPERATOR.LOG.

You can enable messages to come to your own terminal by typing '$ REPLY /ENABLE'.

Is this what you are looking for?

Robert.
Jan van den Ende
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Geir,

what kind of messages and/or events do you want to register?

Between OPLOG, ACCOUNTNG and AUDIT, (nearly) everything you might want to audit CAN be auditted, in various grades of detail. There is A LOT of freedom in configuering those, up to the extent where the sheer tracefile sizes can become the bottleneck.

Tell us WHAT you want, on a permanent basis, or temporarily (maybe as a debug), and we will tell you how to configure that.

Proost.

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Jan
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geir_2
Super Advisor

Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Hi,

Thanks for the answer. I want to log following messages.

- system down
- link down
- wrong password
- disk error
- information about backup utility


I know that Solaris have no problem to handle it.

regards geir
Martin Vorlaender
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Re: Logging to Syslog daemon from OpenVMS

Geir,

I'm afraid VMS system services and utilities are not set up to post their messages to a syslog daemon.

Writing a program one could, of course, scan the system for all kinds of messages and forward them to a syslogd.

cu,
Martin