Viewing Patch Tool Log Files (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Viewing Patch Tool Log Files

Various log files on the system can identify problems with installing patch management tools or adding signed patches.

By default, PatchPro writes to the system log file. The syslog configuration file, /etc/syslog.conf, identifies where the system log file resides on the system. You can instruct PatchPro to write messages to a different file on the local file system by updating the patchpro.log.file property in the PatchPro configuration file, /opt/SUNWppro/etc/patchpro.conf.

For example, if you want PatchPro to write to the /var/tmp/patchpro.log file, assign /var/tmp/patchpro.log to the patchpro.log.file property.

Use the following table to determine which log file might contain information about a failed installation of a patch management tool or a signed patch.

Log File	Description
`/var/tmp/ppro_install_log.nnn`	Identifies the success or failure of the installation of PatchPro packages and patches.
`/var/tmp/log/patchpro.log`	Identifies problems when adding a signed patch with the various patch tools.
`/var/adm/messages`	Can identify problems when adding a signed patch with the various patch tools or when the patch tools did not initialize properly.
Solaris Management Console 's Log Viewer on a Solaris 9 system	Identifies the success or failure of adding a signed patch with the Solaris Management Console's Patches tool.