You can change the character encoding of messages that are output to syslogfile from SJIS to UTF-8.

Note that character encoding conversion cannot be applied to messages related to operations management that are output to syslogfile from processes using JP1/Cm2 and the processes of Datareplicator's operation commands.

Character encoding conversion sets to UTF-8 the character encoding for messages that are output to syslogfile, which results in the following benefits:

• It is easier to monitor and manage messages.
• When syslogfile is viewed, there will be no garbled characters in the messages.

Prerequisites

To perform character encoding conversion on syslogfile, both the following conditions must be satisfied:

• The combination of the Linux, extended SYSLOG facility, and Hitachi encoding conversion component versions must match the applicable combination shown in the following table.
  

  Table 2-25 Versions of Linux, extended SYSLOG facility, and Hitachi encoding conversion component

  Linux version	Version of extended SYSLOG facility	Version of Hitachi encoding conversion component
  RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (IPF)	Extended SYSLOG facility 02-00 or later	Hitachi encoding conversion component - Runtime (64) 02-03 or later
  RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (x86)	Extended SYSLOG facility 02-01 or later	Hitachi encoding conversion component - Runtime 02-03 or later
  RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (EM64T) 32-bit addressing mode	Extended SYSLOG facility 02-01 or later	Hitachi encoding conversion component - Runtime 02-05 or later
  RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (EM64T) 64-bit addressing mode		Hitachi encoding conversion component - Runtime (64) 02-05 or later

• sjis is specified in the dblocale operand in the extraction system definition and the import system definition, and sjis-japanese or english is specified in the msglocale operand.