Log Files and Event Logging for Archive Operations

The log file is a continuous record of archival action. You can use the log file to locate earlier copies of files for traditional backup purposes. The sam-arfind and sam-arcopy processes use the syslog facility and archiver.sh to log warnings and informational messages in a log file that contains information about each archived or automatically unarchived file.

The log file is disabled by default. Use the logfile= directive in the archiver.cmd file to enable logging and to specify the name of the log file. For more information about the log file, see About the archiver.cmd File and archiver.cmd(4) in Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager Reference Manual.

The following example shows sample lines from an archiver log file.

Example 9-1 Archiver Log File Lines

A 2001/03/23 18:42:06 mo 0004A arset0.1 9a089.1329 samfs1 118.51 162514 t0/fdn f 0 56
A 2001/03/23 18:42:10 mo 0004A arset0.1 9aac2.1 samfs1 189.53 1515016 t0/fae f 0 56
A 2001/03/23 18:42:10 mo 0004A arset0.1 9aac2.b92 samfs1 125.53 867101 t0/fai f 0 56
A 2001/03/23 19:13:09 lt SLOT22 arset0.2 798.1 samfs1 71531.14 1841087 t0/fhh f 0 51
A 2001/03/23 19:13:10 lt SLOT22 arset0.2 798.e0e samfs1 71532.12 543390 t0/fhg f 0 51
A 2003/10/23 13:30:24 dk DISK01/d8/d16/f216 arset4.1 810d8.1 qfs2 119571.301 1136048 
 t1/fileem f 0 0
A 2003/10/23 13:30:25 dk DISK01/d8/d16/f216 arset4.1 810d8.8ad qfs2 119573.295 1849474
 t1/fileud f 0 0
A 2003/10/23 13:30:25 dk DISK01/d8/d16/f216 arset4.1 810d8.16cb qfs2 119576.301 644930
 t1/fileen f 0 0
A 2003/10/23 13:30:25 dk DISK01/d8/d16/f216 arset4.1 810d8.1bb8 qfs2 119577.301 1322899
 t1/fileeo f 0 0

The following table defines each field in the log.

Table 9-1 Archiver Log File Fields

Field	Example Value	Content
1	`A`	Archive activity, as follows: A — Archived R — Re-archived U — Unarchived
2	`2001/03/23`	Date of the archive action, in yyyy/mm/dd format.
3	`18:42:06`	Time of the archive activity, in hh:mm:ss format.
4	`mo`	Archive media type. For information about media types, see mcf(4) in Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager Reference Manual.
5	`0004A`	VSN. For removable media cartridges, the volume serial name. For disk archives, the disk volume name and archive `tar`(1) file path.
6	`arset0.1`	Archive set and copy number.
7	`9a089.1329`	Physical position of the start of the archive file on media (tar file) and file offset within the archive file, in hexadecimal format.
8	`samfs1`	File system name.
9	`118.51`	Inode number and generation number. The generation number is used in addition to the inode number for uniqueness because inode numbers are reused.
10	`162514`	Length of the file if the file is written on only one volume. Length of the section if the file is written on multiple volumes.
11	`t0/fdn`	Path and name of the file relative to the file system's mount point.
12	`f`	Type of file, as follows: `d` — Directory `f` — Regular file `l` — Symbolic link `R` — Removable media file `I` — Segment index `S` — Data segment
13	`0`	Section of an overflowed file or segment. If the file is an overflowed file, the value is nonzero. For all other file types, the value is 0.
14	`56`	Equipment ordinal of the drive on which the file was archived.

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