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Subject: RE: Defect  TED00022254 Bobcat Cougar - at what point do we zip /var/log/onstor/messages?
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From: "Brian DeForest" <brian.deforest@onstor.com>
To: "Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
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	"Sripal Surendiran (HCL)" <sripal.surendiran@onstor.com>

Your reply is somewhat ambiguous re: newsyslog.conf.  Do you mean Kumar
should change this or it's "fine" as is?

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Sharp=20
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:28 PM
To: Brian DeForest
Cc: Kumar Vakacharla (HCL); Sripal Surendiran (HCL)
Subject: Re: Defect TED00022254 Bobcat Cougar - at what point do we zip
/var/log/onstor/messages?

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:14:34 -0800 "Brian DeForest"
<brian.deforest@onstor.com> wrote:

> Thanks Kumar.  Unless Andy objects, sounds like you need to change the

> newsyslog.conf file so it points to the right onstor directory, and=20
> fix verify_install.in for the upgrade.

the file newsyslog.conf is fine except if you upgrade.  I've got a fix
for verify_install.in pending review for the upgrade case.

> I don't think we need to modify the way Linux rotates logs in general.

We can leave Linux alone for now unless you spot a potential problem in
the way things are currently done.
=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kumarv@onstor.com [mailto:kumarv@onstor.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 11:05 AM
> To: Kumar Vakacharla (HCL); Brian DeForest; John Keiffer
> Cc: John Keiffer; Vikas Saini
> Subject: Defect TED00022254 Bobcat Cougar - at what point do we zip=20
> /var/log/onstor/messages?
>=20
> Headline: Bobcat Cougar - at what point do we zip=20
> /var/log/onstor/messages?
> id: TED00022254
> Note_Entry: First, in Bobcat/Cheetah messages are not getting rotated=20
> because of the reason that the file "/etc/newsyslog.conf" still=20
> contains the old file name "/var/agile/messages" instead of new file=20
> "/etc/var/log/onstor/messages".  This conf file will be used by=20
> newsyslog program to rotate the files.
> While upgrading the filer this file is not being upgraded because it=20
> is a configuration file. This problem can be handled in=20
> verify_install.in.
>=20
> In cougar, log rotation happens in slightly different way. It rotates=20
> the logs daily if and only if its size exceeds  1MB(except for syslog=20
> which will be rotated daily irrespective of its size).
>  If we need to change this behavior we need to change debian linux=20
> script files /usr/sbin/syslogd-listfiles and/or some of the crontab=20
> files in /etc.
>=20
> Let me know if I am too confusing  or you need any clarification.=20
>=20
> Thanks,
> Kumar.
> State: Assigned
> history: 33733343	Feb 11 2008  8:41AM	jkeiffer
> Submit no_value	Opened
> 33733580	Feb 11 2008 10:10PM	vikas	Review
> Opened	Reviewed 33733627	Feb 12 2008 11:14AM
> rajk	Back_to_triage	Reviewed Re-opened
> 33733629	Feb 12 2008 11:16AM	rajk	Modify
> Re-opened Re-opened
> 33733631	Feb 12 2008 11:34AM	maym	Modify
> Re-opened Re-opened
> 33733950	Feb 13 2008  5:45PM	vikas	Review
> Re-opened Reviewed
> 33734109	Feb 14 2008  2:01PM	briand
> Assign	Reviewed Assigned
> 33734674	Feb 14 2008  7:04PM	sandrineb
> Modify	Assigned Assigned
> 33739824	02/25/2008 11:04:58 AM	kumarv
> Modify	Assigned Assigned
>=20
