topic Re: Syslog maintenance in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22971#M2045 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In our environment ,we are not able to view the latest syslog messages as well&nbsp; ie : cant view messages ,however can easily view messages.0 nad messages.1 files ..</P><P></P><P> <IMG src="http://community.netapp.com/legacyfs/online/21120_Error+reading+syslog+messages+%283%29.png" width="450" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 May 2013 06:51:19 GMT SACHIN_CHOUDHARY 2013-05-03T06:51:19Z Syslog maintenance https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22961#M2043 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Where can I find the syslog log file...If it is there what are the settings I have to go through to enable the creation of syslog and what is its format????</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:59:08 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22961#M2043 shilpa_goel 2025-06-05T06:59:08Z Re: Syslog maintenance https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22966#M2044 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Syslog file is at /etc/syslog.conf (cifs share will be <A target="_blank">\\filername\etc$\syslog.conf</A>)</P><P></P><P>Have a look at this KB, explains how to setup syslog.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&amp;id=1010374" target="_blank">https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&amp;id=1010374</A></P><P></P><P></P><P>or do you mean the messages file?</P><P></P><P>You might want to have a look at /etc/messages if you are after a general record of what the filer has been up to recently.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:08:04 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22966#M2044 dominicb 2011-03-16T00:08:04Z Re: Syslog maintenance https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22971#M2045 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In our environment ,we are not able to view the latest syslog messages as well&nbsp; ie : cant view messages ,however can easily view messages.0 nad messages.1 files ..</P><P></P><P> <IMG src="http://community.netapp.com/legacyfs/online/21120_Error+reading+syslog+messages+%283%29.png" width="450" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 May 2013 06:51:19 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22971#M2045 SACHIN_CHOUDHARY 2013-05-03T06:51:19Z Re: Syslog maintenance https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22976#M2046 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>try following:</P><P></P><P> rdfile /vol/vol0/etc/messages</P><P></P><P>you have to give path to the message file, if multiple vfilers running then replace vol0 with the path to the vfiler root.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:50:02 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22976#M2046 syedfaisal 2013-09-09T15:50:02Z Re: Syslog maintenance https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22981#M2047 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You are using back slashes: rdfile \etc\messages</P><P></P><P>You need to use forward slashes: rdfile /etc/messages</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:53:21 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Syslog-maintenance/m-p/22981#M2047 dominicb 2013-09-10T00:53:21Z